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Wom.an's
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CONTENTS
PAGE
CONFERENCE ROLL
1
ApPOINTMENTS
2
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
3
PROGRAMME
6
OFFICIAL MINUTES
7
CONSTITUTION
11
PROVIDENT FUND
13
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
14
DISTRICT REPORTS
27
ARRAH
27
28
31
34
38
39
42
43
BALLIA
BUXAR
CAWNPORE
GONDA
LUCKNUW
RAE-BARELI
TIRHOOT
INl'ER-CONFEHENCE INSTITUTIUNS
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Conference Chronological Roll
Names of full m,embBr8
Miss E. Soge
Mrs. F. M. Wilson
Mrs. H. R. Calkins
Miss J. Davis
*l';1rs. T. C. Badley
Mrs. R. I. Faucett
Mrs. J. R. Chitambar
*Mrs. H. J. Sheets
Mrs. b'. M. Perrill
Miss M. A. Richmond
Miss M. E. Shannon
Mrs. E. M. Ilahi Baksh
Miss E. L. Whiting
Mrs. S. B. Finch
... Mrs. E" R. Tweedie
Miss N. A. Bacon
*Miss J. A. Bragg
Miss M. C. Lawrence
Miss E. M. Ab~ott
Miss J. M. Smith
*Miss L. B. Wheat
MIss R. E. Gantzer
*Miss R. E. Hyneman
*Mise M. R.. Moses
Mrs. J. W: Pickett
Miss M. E. Dalrymple
Miss A. M. Ludgate
Mrs. R. D. Wellons
Mrs. J. H. Wilkie
Mrs. M. G. Ballenger
Miss E. M. Hutchens
Mrs. E. W" Mumby
""Miss R. Hardsaw
Mrs. E. Sukh
*Mrs. S. G. Thero
*Mrs. R. B. Porter
41= Mrs. S. R. Smith
"" Miss J. C. Whitcomb
.Miss A.Frederick
Miss E. Z. Moore
>II: Miss M. M. Tirsgaard
Miss R. Eveland
Mrs. G. A. Ackerly
"" Miss M. Curtis
Mrs. G. L. Lorenzo
Mrs. M. C. Singh
Miss M. Sheldon
Miss 1. Thoburn
Mrs. Edith Peters
Mrs. G. B. Halstead
'Miss Iren~ Bear
Miss Hemnolihi Roy
Mrs. G. J. Shaw
Miss Taramani David
Miss Evelyn LaB
Miss Ivy Childs
.On furlough
Year of joini"ng the mission
1892
1899
1900
1902
1904
1904
1906
1906
1908
1909
1909
191U
1911
1912
1912
191;)
1914
1914
1915
1915
1915
1916
1916
" 1916
1916
1918
1918
1919
1920
1921
1921
1921
1922
192~
1922
1923
1923
1923
1924
1924
1924
1925
1926
1926
1926
1926
1927
1927
1928
1928
1929
1929
1929
1929
1929
1929
Appointments
Woman's Conference
ARRAH DISTRICT
District work, Mrs. G., M. Massey.
Saw.telle-Girls' School, Miss Marim Tirsgaard, (to April 1st) Miss Ruth
Eveland, Miss Irene Bear, Language Study.
BAHRAICH DISTRicT
District work, Mrs. D. S. Dennis.
BALLIA DISTRICT
District work, Mrs. E Sukh.
Medical work, Rasra, Mrs. Dr. A. E. Ilahi Baksh.
Village education, Miss E. M. Abbott.
BUXAR DISTRICT
Di&(rict work, Mrs. A. H. McGee.
Vil,l~ge Educ~~on, Miss N. A. Bacon.
CAWNPOI{lU DISTRICT
DiSfrict work', 'Mrs. M. G. Singh. '
City'Evangelistic work, ,Miss Ivy Childs.
Allahabad Boys' School, Miss A. Frederick (to February 1st.) Mrs. Edith
Peters.
,Caw'npore, Girls' High School, Miss E. L. Whiting.
Hu'dEan Memorial School, Cawnpore, Miss E. Hoge .
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GONDA'DISTRICT
District work,To be supplied.
Zenana work; Miss Mary Richmond.
Chambers Memorial Girls' School, Miss Mary Richmond, Princ1.pal. Miss
M. E. Dalrymple.
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Normal Training School. Miss Mary Richmond,
Primary Boys' Hostel, Miss M. E. Dalrymple.
LUCKNOW DISTRICT
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Di!:;triet work; Mrs. J. R. Chitambar.
Evangelistic and MohalIa work.and Deaconess Home, Miss Ruth Gantzer.
Zenana work, Mrs. F. M. Pemll.,
ORAl DISTRICT
District work, To be supplied.
RAI BARELI DISTRICT
District and city work, Mrs. S. B., :finch.
TIRHOOT DISTRICT
District and .city work" ~rs. G. L: Lorenzo.
Mohalla day Schools, M;i~s Mabel Sheldon.
Indiana Girls' School, Miss Jennie M. Smith, Princ~pcil~ Miss Mabel
Sheldon.
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SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS
Isabella Thoburn College, Miss M. E. Shan-non, Principal. Miss Lemira
Wheat, Miss Isabell'" ThoQurn.
Mount Hermon Schools, Darjeeling, Dean of Wome~;Mi8S" Abbie M.
Ludgate,
Lal Bagh Girl::;' School, Miss Edna Hutchcnl:), Miss M. C. Lawrence.
Officers and Comtnittees
Mrs. F. B. Fisher
Miss E. Hoge
Miss A. M. Ludgate
Miss E. L. Whiting
President
Vice-President
Sii&retary
Assistant Secretary
Statistical Secretr;try
~{eld Correspondent
Field Reference Committee
Central Treasurer, ex·officio
Miss E. L. Whiti~,ex-officio
Miss Shannon Ch.airman
Miss Richmond
Miss Bacon
Miss Abbott
Miss Gantzer
Miss Lawrence
Alternate8
Miss Roge
Mrs. Perrill
Property and Furniture Committee
(lVomif?,ated by the ~ield Reference Committee.)
Central Treasurer, ex-officio
Miss Hoge
Miss Eveland
Miss Smith
Miss Abbott
Miss Hutchens
Auditing Committee
Central Treasurer, ex-officio
Miss Whi~ing, Chairman
Mrs. Halstead
Miss Bacon
Miss Lawrence
Miss Abbott
Auxiliary Committee
Miss Hutchens, Secretary-Treasurer, Miss Gantzer, Mrs. Chitambar
Committee on Conference Programme
Mrs. Wilkie and one lady from the entertaining station.
Conferenc~ ~etls
Furniture Committee
Mrs. BaHenger Chnirmanand Chairman Mess Committee for coming
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Conference.
Committee
011
Schooh
Miss Hoge, Cha1:rmq,n, and aU ladies in school work.
Evangelistic Committee
Miss Gantzer, Chair~q,n, and a1l1aqies in evangelistic work.
Mrs. Perrill, Registrar.
Medical Committee
Mrs. Ilahi Baksh
Mrs. Ackerly
Custodian of the Archives
Miss Thobum
Df"e •• t~ to the Executive Board
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Whiting
Mrs. Suk-h
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Joint Board of Education
Miss Richmond, Chui'rman
MisR Hoge
Miss Singh
Miss Bacon
Miss Hutchens
Miss Shannon
Miss Peters
Miss balrymple
J. H. Wilkie
J. R. Chitambar
J. W. Pickett
Saul Johnson
M. C. Singh "
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G. A. Ackerly. Secretary.
R. D. Wellons
R. I. Faucett
M. C. Biswas
M. G. Ballenger
Hoard of H,cligions Education
H. J .. Sheets; C hdirm:afl.
M. G. Ballenger
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G. J. Shaw
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G. A. Ackerly'
B. R. Franklin
Miss Eveland
Miss Sheldon
Miss Thoburn
Evangelistic Briard
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Miss
Singh
Perrill
Lorenzo
Abbott
R. I. Faucett, Chairman
S. B. Finch
P. S. Gardner
M. L. Samson
Hardeo Prasad
Ji. Sukh Rae
Literature Committee
M. G. Ballenger
M. C. Singh
C. A. Roberts
Mrs. Wilkie, Chairman
Mrs. Shaw, Librarian
Miss Roy
Mrs. Chitambar
Mrs. Ackerly
Mrs. Faucett
Miss Peters
Sub·Committee On Distribution of Literature
Miss Eveland
(Nominated by the Literatu,re Committee)
Miss Hutchens
Mi s Peters
Sub·Committee on Library
Miss Peters
(Nominated by the Literature Committee)
Miss Hutchens
Miss Eveland
Representative All·lndia
Literatu~e
Committee
Mrs. Wilkie
Temperance Board
Mrs. Chitambar, Chairm.an
Mrs. Pickett
Mrs. Singh
Mrs. Peters
Miss Sheldon
Mrs. Faucett
G.M. Massey
J. W. Pickett
S. J. Shaw
Tulaiyan Massey
Abel Briscoe
Samuel Washington
Irf. C. Bililwas
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Representatives
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the U. P. Chrilltiao Counoil Election Board
Miss Lawrence
Miss Richmond, Alternate
M. G. Ballenger
J. Shaw
Laoguage School Board
Miss Smith
Board of Trustees Girls' High School, Cnwnpore
(Nominated by the Board of Trustees and elected by Joint
Miss Eveland
Annual Conference.)
Resident Bishop
F. B. Fisher
M. C. Singh
District Superintendent
Pastor English Church
J. H. Wilkie
Principal
E. L. Whiting
c. B. Hill
Miss A. E. Lawson
Miss Richmond
A. W. Lilley, Cawnpore resident
Miss Thoburn
Sir Thomas Smith
A. P. Curtis
F. M. Perrill
CONFERENCE REPRESENTATIVES
Aligarh Vocational School Committee
Mrs. Peters
Board of Governors, Isabella Thoburn College
Miss Bacon, Term expires 1931
Muttra Training School Board
Miss Gantzer
Board of Trustees, Bareilly Theological Seminary
Mrs. Perrill
Board of Governors, 'Wellesley Girls' School
Miss Hoge
Miss Smith, ALternate
Lal Bagh Girls' High Schooi Committee
(Elected by the Field Reference Committee.)
Miss Hoge
Miss Eveland
Alternate Miss Dalrymple
Miss Thoburn
Warne Baby Fold Committee
Miss Lawrence
Tilaunia Sanitorium Committee
Mrs. Wellons
Mrs. Ilahi Bakllh
Programme
Wednesday,
December 11th.
Devotions
Roll Call
Election of Officers
Introductions and greetings from absent members
Appointment of Committees
Resolutions
Nominations
Report programme committee
Prayer
Thur8day, December If.!th.
Devotions
Minutes
W. F. M. S. Appropriations
Field Correspondent~s report
Friday, December 13th.
Devotions
Minutes
Election of Field Reference Committee
Reports:
Central Treasurer
Auxiliary Secretary and Treasurer
Provident Fund Committee
Property and Furniture Committee
Prayer
Saturday, December 14th.
Devotions
Minutes
Reports:
Nominating Committee
Language School
Auditing Committee
Indian Women's League
Prayer
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Monday, December 16th.
Devotions
Minutes
Committee Reports:
Temperance
Mess Furniture
Literature
Evangelistic
Schools
Medical
Resolutions
Prayer
Adjournment
Official Minutes
FIRST DAY
December 11, 1929.
The' tenth annual session of the Lucknow Women's Conference began
with the regular devotions of the Lucknow Annual Conference in Reid Han of
the Lucknow Christian College, Lucknow, at eight o'clock. At the close, the
first meeting of the Woman's Conference met in the East Lecture Room of
the College.
R,OLL CALL. Because of illness and the University Convocation only
fifteen members responded to the roll call.
ELECTIONS. The following officers were elected:
President
Mrs. F. B. Fisher
Vice-President
Miss E. Hoge
Recording Secretary
Miss M. E Dalrymple
Assistant Recording Secretary Miss A. M. Ludgate
Statistical Secretary
INTRODUCTIONS. Miss Abbott, Miss Ludgate, Mrs. Faucett, and Mrs.
Wellons were welcomed back from furlough. Mrs. Halstead was introduced
and Mrs. Parbhu Dial, Miss Ivy Childs and Mrs. G, J. Shaw were also greeted
by the ~onference.
ABSENT MEMBERS. Greetings were presented from Mrs. Wil.son ~d
Miss Hyneman. Mrs. Wilson wrote of the serious illness of our friend Miss Ella
McLeaVy of Northwest Conference, now in America on leave. On her behalf
Miss Hoge offered prayer.
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE. The Programme C')mmittee presented its
report.
APPOINTMENT OF COMMITrEES. The following committees were
appointed by the Chair:
Committee on Nominations
Committee on Resolutions
Miss Richmond
Miss Hoge
Miss Peters
Mrs. M. C. Singh
Mrs. Badley
Miss Eveland
ADJOURNMENT. The conference adjourned for committee work.
SECOND DAY
December 12, 1929.
The session opened With devotions led by Mrs. Fisher.
MINUTES. The minutes of the first meeting were accepted as read.
ABSENT MEMBERS. Letters from Miss Til'sgaard, Mrs. Lorenzo and
Mrs. Tweedie were read. Mrs. Chitambar referred to the death of Miss Helen
Ingram, late of North India Conference and on behalf of the conference she
was requested to send a letter of sympathy to the family.
-INTRf>DUCTIONS. Miss Irene Bear, our new missionary, Dr. Dorothy
Spear of. Isabella Thoburn College and Miss Marian Warner of the Central
Provinces Conference were introduced.
ARCHIVES. Miss 1. Tnoburn was elected custodian of the archives
" . ,F!E~D ll,EFERENCE COMMITTEE. The report of the Field Ref~ence
Comnlltt,ee was accepted ~s.giveh by Mtss Whiting.
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PRIMARY BOYS~ SCHOLARSHIPS. A.fter.,dkcu~slon ,of theactroh ~f
the 1'1eld Reference Committee it was moved and' carrtedtha'i m ':ora~r:1;\}
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OFFICIAL MINUTES
eliminate misunderstanding and dissatisfaction caused by the palment of
family salaries from two sources, it" be recommenderl that the Woman s Foreign
Missionary Society withdraw its aid from family salarie"l and apply this amount
to the support of existing primary boys' schools and assure the Finance Committee that the withdrawal of the contribLltion to joint salaries will bring no
added burden to the Finance Committee for the present.
MEMBERSHIP. At the recommendation of the Field Reference Committee
it was, voted to accept Miss Hemnolini Roy as a full member of the Women's
Conference ..
FIELD REFEHENCE COMMITTEE. It was moved and carried that we
make the election of the Field Reference Committee the first item of the
session tomorrow.
The meeting adJourned with a benediction.
THIRD DAY
December 13th, ,1929.
Mrs. Shaw began the meeting with devotions.
MINUTES Thursday's journal was accepted as presented
FIELD REFERENCE COMMITTEE. It was moved and carried that all
full members of the Women's Conference be declared eligible to membership on
the Field Reference Committee.
. MEMBERS. It. was decided that a committee be appointed to canvas the
conference for possible members of the, Woman's Conference; also that Miss
Shannon and Mrs. Chitambar be that Committee.
FIELD CORRESPONDENT. Miss E. L. Whiting was elected Field Correspdndent.
, INDIAN WdMAN'S LEAGUE. It was voted to make the first item ontomorrow's agenda the discussion of the Indian Woman's League. Mrs. Chitambar and Miss Shannon were chosen to lead the discussion.
TREASURER. The report of the treasurer was accepted as read by Miss
Madden.
FIELD REFERENCE COM MITTEE. The following were elected as the
Field Reference Committee: Miss Shannon, Miss Richmond, Miss Bacon, Miss
Abbott, Miss Gantzer, Miss Lawrence, with Mrs. Perrill and Miss Hoge, alternates.
PROPERTY AND FURNITURE COMMITTEE. It was voted to accepthe report of the Property and Furniture Committee as read by Miss Wheat.
AUXILIARY COMMITTEE.. Areport of the work accomplIshed by the
auxiliaries of the Conference was presented by Miss Hutchens and accepted.
INDIAN WOMAN'S LEAGUE. It was voted to extend an invitation to the
members of any other conferences who are students at Isabella Thoburn Colleges
to our Satl1rday morning session.
EXTRA SESSION. It was moved and carried that we have an :extra
session at four o'clock on Saturday.
ADJOURNMENT. The meeting closed with a benediction.
FOURTH DAY
lJecember14th, 19~9.
The morning session was opened with ,devotions led by Miss Ludgate.
MINUTES. The Minutes of the previous session were accepted as given.
MEMBERS. Miss Whiting presented Mrs. G. J. Shaw, of Central Church,
Lucknow, Miss Evelyn LaB and Miss Taramani David, now students 9£
!sabella Thobum College, for membership. They were gladly weleomed as full
members to the Women's Conference.
OFFIOIAL MINUTES
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SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY. In giving an interesting report of the sixtieth
anniversar.y at· Columbus, Miss Ludgate told of the overflowed meetings, the
candelebra and cables from India. and presented· Christmas gift!; to Arrah,
Cawnpore and Gonda.
INDIAN WOMAN'S ,LEAGUE. Mrs. ChitaJllbar led in the discussion of
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the proposed Indian Woman's League which is desired for. the development 01
large indigenous leadership in the Indian Church. - In this connection Mis::;
Madden'readber chapter on the relation between the Woman's Conference
and the Indian Church.
JOINT SESSION. The meeting was closed informally to consider in joint
sesSion the redistricting of the conference.
FIFTH DAY
December 16th, 1929.
Mrs. Singh opened the meeting with devotions.
MINUTES. The Minutes of Saturday's session were approved as corrected.
INTRODUCTION3. Mrs. P. M. Buck of Nortwest India Conference was
greeted by the conference.
CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE. The names of the following ladies were presented by Miss Whiting, and they were welcomed into the Woman's Conference:
Miss Ivy Childs, assistant in the evangelistic work in Cawnpore into full
Membership and Miss Martha Singh, Principal of the Government Normal School
in Allahabad into associate membership. The secretary was requested to write a
letter of welcome to Miss Singh.
COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS. The report of the Committee on
Nominations which was presented by Miss Richmond was voted on item by item
and accepted as a whole.
"WOMAN'S FRIEND." It was voted that our All-India Literature Committee be the committee on the Woman'8 Friend.
STATI3TICS. It was voted to delete the printing of the statistics in this
year's annual report.
EVANGELiSTIC COMMITTEE. ThE> report of the Evangelistic Committee
which was given by Miss Gantzer was accepted.
MEDICAL COMMITTEE. The report of the medical Committee was approved as read by Mrs. Ilahi Baksh.
SIXTIETH ANNIV ERSARY. In was moved and carried that from the
balance of the Sixtieth Anniversary fund, Miss Whiting's bill be paid and the
remainder sent to Miss Madden.
TEM PERANCE. Mrs. Chitambar gave an excellent report of the Temperance' Committee and it was approved.
SCHOOLS' COMMITTEE. The l'eport of the Schools' Committee which
was presented by Miss Eveland was accepted.
TILAUNIA SANITORIUM COMMITTEE. The Conference approved the
report of the Tilaunia Sanitorium as read by Mrs. llaW Baksh.
HYDERABAD CONFERENCE. The secretary was requested to reply to
the secretary of the Hyderabad Women's Conference saying that we are already
stressing village education, and that we sympathize with them in their
problem.
INDAN WOMAN'S LEAGUE. It was moved and carried that we appoint
a committee to continue investigation and to do what they can toward the
organization of a Woman's League and that the committee be given the privilege
of co-opting other members; that committee to be, Mrs. Chitambar, Miss
Peters, Mrs. Shaw, Miss H. Royand Miss E. Lal.
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OFFICIAL MINUTES
r!o
·LITERATURE. ·Mrs. Wilkie for the All-india Literature Committf'.e, and
for the Conference literature Committee gave reports. Miss Peters reported
for the ~ub-committee on the library and Miss Eveland reported for the s1lbcomittee on the distribution of Literature. These reports were approved.
RESOLUTIONS. The report of the Committee-on resolutions was a.ceepted
as read by Miss Hoge.
CONSTITUTION AND PROVIDENT FUND. It was moved and carried
that the new Constitution and tbe rules for the Provident Fund be printed in the
annual report this year.
ADJOURNMENT. The Session closed with prayer by Dr. D. Spear and a
benediction.
Constitution
CONSTITUTION FOR THB WOMAN'S CONFERENCE.
ART. I.-This Conferenee shall be called ~be W?tDan's Conference of the
-----Annual Conference of the Methodist EpIscopal Church in Southern
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ART. H --This Conference shall be associated with the Women's Foreign
Missionary Society of the ~ethodist Episcopal Church in a~ding the Chllrch in the
evangelization and educatIOn of the people of Southern ASIa.
ART. Ill. The annual meeting of the conference shall be held _at -the
same time and place as the---------Annual Conference, at which time
officers for the ensuing year shall be elected, reports heard and counsel taken
with l'eference to the work of the Ch~lrch witlIin the boundaries of the
conference
.
All -important racommendations to the General Executive Committee
through the Foreign Department shall first be acted upon by the Woman's
Conference.
This conference may delegate any of its functions to the Field Reference
Committee or other committees.
ART IV1. The Conference shall be composed of full members and associate
members.
A.-Full members shall be,(a) The wife of the Resident Bishop.
(b) Missionaries of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, including Contract Teachers and Local Missionaries.
(c) All women missionaries of the Board of Foreign Mi.ssions.
(d) Women workers, educational, evangelistic, medical or in other
lines. including wives of Indian members or of Annual Conference, who meet the followin~ requirements:
(I) Have completed a high school course or its equivalent in
a recognized school and have had two years further
educational training.
(II) Have had two years consecutive experience of work
in our Church.
(III) Are full members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
(IV) Have been recommended by the Credentials Committee
and elected by a majority vote of the members of the
Women's Conference present and voting.
(e) Those women who do not meet the requirements of (d) (1), but
who are appointed by the Bishop and elected as in (d) (IV).
B.-Associate members shall he,Women included under (d) who are accepted by the Woman's
Conference but are not subject to appointment by the Bishop.
2. t\pplication for membership,Candidates shall present a written application for membership to
the Credentials Committee of the Woman's Conference.
3. Duration of membership,A.-Membership in the Woman's Conference shall continue as long as
a member continues in the active work of our Church. Whenever such relations are discontinued, membership in the Woman's
Conference shall automaticallY cease. However, in case a member wishes to take leave for a year or more for the purpose of
further study or for health reasons, her name may remain on
the roll for the time, but she may be excused from attendance
at conference and work on committees.
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CONSTITUTION
B.-If any member absents herself from conference for two consecutive
years without being officially excused her name shan be dropped
from the Conference roll of membership.
ART. V.-Membership in the Woman's Conference shall not be underatoo d
to include appointment by the Bishop, but members of the Women's Conference
shall be appointed as follows:
1. Missionaries receive their appointment from th~ ·Bishop, not as mem, bersof the Conference, but in accordance with the rules of the MISsionary Society under which they work.
2. Other full members are subject to appointment by the Bishop.
3. Associate members are not subject to appointment by the Bishop, but
are employed b.v the ma!ll'lger or managing committee of the work
; :in which they are eng-aged.
ART. VI.-The officers of the CDn~erence shall consht of, a President, a
Viee-President, a Secretary, and A~sistant Secretary, a Statistical Secretary and
a Field Correspondent, to be ejected annually.
ART. VII.-Thp Conference sha'l elect such committees as the General Executive COmmittee of the Woman's ,Foreign Missionary Society m1y require.
ART. Vrrt-The Woman's Conference shall work in co-operation with the
--' -,,-,--,-'-Annual Conference.
ART. IX.-This constitution may be amended at any' meeting of the Central Conference, in accordance with the rules of Central Conference.
,P,ro.viden t Fu.nd
WOMEN WORKERS' PROVIDENT 'FUND OplTHE LUCKN IW
WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.
1. .Membership-All women workers except those w~lOsehusbands are'in the
,
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employ of the church ot its institutions, and who· al"e· not
eligible to any other nrovident fund or, penSlon s~all be
contributors to this tuna.
2.' Rate
-One anna on a rupee of salary shall becuntributed by the
worker and one;.half as much by the 'employing agency.
3. Investment -Contributions of workal's. aTJ.d Mission shall be deposited
monthly in a Public Post Office Savings Account. Tnis account shall be operated by the one in charge of the work.
4. Rules for Payment of the Provident Fund;-. . .
a. As long as thesubscrlber 1S III the employ of the Mission
no part of 'Provide'ntFl1nd may bewilhdrawn. In
case of transfer from one post to another ber account
shaH also be transferred.
b. On honourable retirement from active service the sub·scriberis entitled to 'receive the fuU amount· standing
to her credit.
c. On the decease of any subscriber while in the employ of
the Mission the full amount standing to her credit
shall be paid to her beneficiary or beheficiarie3
d. If the service of a worker are disoensed with through no
fault of her own shE> may, with tha;c(}nsent of the
manager, receive the full amount standmg to her
credit.
e. If a worker is dismissed or resigns on account of :.msatisfactory service she may receive 'only hpr:own contribu. tion' with interest, while the contri bution made by the
Society returns to the fund from which it was contributed.
{.Nodepositor who leaves the Mission service within two
years after joining shall be entitled to receive the
Mission contribution to her Provident Fund.
6 .. The' Field Reference Committee 'at the conference shall conRtitute a
committee of appeal in all casses of difference between manager and con'tributor.
6•. Contract
-The followi!1g contract shall be signed on eight-annas -stamped' pa'per by each'contributor, 'I nel'ooy agree to abide 'by
the rules laid down by the Lucknow'Woman'I":Conflerence of
the :\4ethodist Epis:!opal Church for participation in' the
Provident Fund for its workers.'
Reports of Committees
REPORT OF THE FIELD REFERENCE COMMITTEE
(Sum,mary of the Minutes for 1929)
The Committee met at the Deaconess Home, Lucknow on April 9th and 10th
'
to prepare the Estimates for 1930, and transact other business.
Portions of Miss Watson's letters about the Gonda Boys'school were'read.
'n order to provide the additional money required for primary boys' scholarships, and to eliminate the misunderstandings and dissatisfaction caused by the
payment of family salaries from two sources, it was recommended that the
Soard of Foreign Missions take over the salaries of the wivesof mission workers, and the W. F. M. S. assume the support of the boys in primary classes.
The Minutes of the Board of Education meeting at Arrah were read and
diseussed, The suggestions aJ>proved by this committee are as follows:1. A vocational middle school to meet the needs of the village Christians in that area, using the village day schools as far as possible up
to the third class.
2. Cottages housing eight or ten to be built in place of the usual dormitories; the use of the proJect method in and out of school, stressing
cottage garden plots, ehickens, etc. A specially qualified person to
be in charge of each home department, and boys up to ten years of
age to be cared for in the girls' home department.
3. Bpth schools should be of the same type, and co-education is the
ideal throughout the middle school, though practical for the
primary classes only for the immediate present.
,. All students will be required to take a daily work period from
among the vocational classes to teach the value and appreciation
of the trades and trade~ people.
5. A unitied institution under the direction of a principal with three
departments managed by qualified persons. (The Field Reference
Committee recommended that the principal be the head of one of
the three departments, since it may be difficult to secure four
persons of the required qualifications for these schools.) The
finances of the institution to be operated on a common budget
basiIJ, the budget being prepared by the Mana~ing committee and
then sent to the Finance and Reference Committees. All funds to
be received and distributed by the principal according to the
budget, and the educational budget to De divided equitably between
the two societies.
I~ reply to Miss Watson's Question regardinl: the s~laries of indiJenous
worke1'S, It was ref;omrnendad th.at they be paid according to the edu.catjon~J
seale of salary up to but not exceeding the missionary salary.
It was voted that Miss Tirsgaard charge fees for the boys attending the
Arrab Girls' Sehool according to the government scale of tuitional fees.
In reply to an inquiry, the Field Correspondent was instructed to write that
tho Reference Committee consider it necessary to obset"ve the conference scale
of salaries in paying workers and that no exception Hhould be made.
Furlough for Miss Tirsgaard was recommended after conference, 1929.
The Estimates for 1930 were passed as in the printed leaflet.
By correspondence-October, 1929.
It was voted that Ra. 75, the balance in the Assistants' Pension Fund, be
paid to Mr. T. Singh to assist in the payment of expenses in connection with the
last illness and death of his sister, Miss Harriett Singh.
Conference, December, 1929.
The Committee met several times during the session of Conference, December 11th-16th, 1929.
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Recommendations for mem'llership in the W-oman's Conference were made
as follows:Misses Hemnolini Roy, EvelyrJ. Lan. Taramani David, Ivy Childs and Mrs.
G. J. Shaw for fun membership and Miss Martha Singh for associate membership.
Miss Madden was requested to pay the treasurer of the U. P. Christian
Council a special assessment of Rs. 1-8 per W. F. M S. missionary residing in
the ~rovince.
It was voted to recommend the transfer of four scholarships from the
Hudson Memorial School, Cawnpore to the Chambers Girls' School, Gonda.
After hearing the report of tl!te Auditing Committee, the Field Correspondent was requested to inform Mrs. Perrill that the CommIttee does not approve
such large payments from the W. F. M. S. funds toward the motor upkeep, and
to ask her to limit her payments to Rs. 12-8 per month in the future.
The Field Corres~ent was also requested to inform Mr.lt'aucett that he
is not authorized to paytbe travel expenses of girls from the W. F. M. S., funds.
It was voted that Mrs. Edith Peters be paid from the $800 sent for indigenous workers from the General Treasury, thus releasing the assistant's salary in
the Lueknow Christian work.
•
The Property Committee presented a request from the ladies at Muzaffarpur, asking for a special grant for a. new roof On their bungalow. It was voted
that the Foreign department 0e asked to consider this an emer~ency to be
granted in the May meeting if possible. The amount required is $2,000.
The 'balances were l"ead, and it was requested that the following be refunded
to the Central Treasurer:Sallia
District-excess for Bible womenRs. 500
Cawnpore
"
1,7.00
Lucknow"
""""
250
Miss Abbott-assistant's salary600
" Bacon - " "
800
TirhoQt Dist.
"
500
The new Committee met on the 16th and organized with Miss Sbmmon
chairman.
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The following were nominated for the Field Property Committee,-Misses
Hoge, Ev:eland. Smith, Abbott, Rotchens.
The following were elected the memhers af the La] Bagh SchOOl Committee,-Misses Hoge, Eveland, Thobum; Miss Dalrymple, a'ltemate.
The-following granU3were voted from balancee:Lal Bagh School for scholarships
Rs. nOO
Bwmr--rent
@ Rs. 22-8 per mo.
270
Almota Sanatorium
100
Miss F. PaUl's refund of government sti,pend
330
From Indigenous workers' Fund
Mrs. E. Peters
@ Rs. 85 per mo.
1,020
Miss Bacon's assistant
@ Rs 81-4 per mo.
975
From Homeless Women's Fund
Mrs. Dempster @ Re. 1 per mo.
84
Mrs. M. C. Singh for special help to
Bible woman
20
It was voted to request theCentral Treasurer to hold the following amounts
the treasury, beginning with January lst:From Cawnpore Distcict funds
Rs. 162-0 per mo.
Ballia
"
"
40-4 "
an Luc"now
».
~,
40
,.,
Cblistian w,ork
~U-'
It was '~o:ted that the special co~mittee for theadmirustrafion 01 the W. F.
M. S. fund fo:r'nllage schools be contInued, and that -it be recommended to the
Finanee Committee that the m..embeJ'Ship be,-the two ladies in dlar36af :tillage
ooucational work in Buxar and Ballia districts, the two district superintendelits
and the Field Correspondent.
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It was voted that Miss Whiting have formsprinted for applic.ation, to con.
.
ference membership.'
The Committee voted, to meet the last week of:January to complete the
adjustment of funds. andmembers.were asked.to ascertain the detmls of all district expenditurE's before that time, that recommendations to the ~'oreign Department for the reappropriation of funds may be made•.
E. L. WHITING,
Field Correspondent.
Auditing i Committee·
Rules
1. All books shall be audited to September 30 annualliY.
2:' All.books shall be .audited by October 15.if possible.
3.. Books are not to .be closed for audit unless tbe-regular ,time for closing
the books comes on September 30.
4. No books are to be audited unless the one in charge of the funds is at
hand.
.
5. Two persons should audit each book. One must be. a member of the
Auditing Committee and she can a"k someone in thestationtoassist.~
6. No changes may .be made after the audit.
7. All books should be balanced each. month and monthly .statements made
in the l'ooks.·
.
8. The bank books, Post Office pass books and check stubs must be pre·
sented to the auditors.
9.:. All funds are to be kept in separate bank accounts and public post office
accounts and cash drawers.
10~i. Always obtain a statement from the bank on making a deposit.
llJ All footings and entries shall be in ink.
12. Vouchers for both receipts and expenditures are required for five rupees
and. Dver •.
Vouchers signed by the one in charge are acceptable when others· are not
available.
.
Each voucher must correspond with'the entry .and any charge made on the
Qriginal voucher must be initIaled.
All vouchers should.be kepti'or:three years.
All vouchers for more than twenty .rupees should be signed. on ,a one anna
stamp.
13.. When·taking over books from anyone a statement should, be made in
the books of the amount in I:>ank, post office savings account books,. cash assets
and liabilities and signed by both parties.
14:' The Auditing Committee is to act as an advisory committee in keeping
books.
Property Committee Report
During the year there have been three meetings of the' COmmittee,' one at
Arrahtin March, one in Cawnpore and one in Lucknow.
Actions taken are nott>d in the following' paragraphs with respect to the
stations to which they relate.
ARRAH •.. At these meetings and by correspondence Miss 'Hyneman and
Miss Til sgdard were instructed to proceed with the building of the· new sehool
house and cottages instead of hostels for the gIrls boarding: the' SChool . building to be used for the Primary Department ~ and·the Middle and Vocational
DepartmeBts to be ..a separate building. It was recommended that· 'until the
'urufication of .classes this also .be used for classes in tbeM·iddle,SchooL
BUXAR:.: .. Furniture amountin~ to ,R8.· 14() wag approved for·-the,:, Bmcar
house, '..
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REPOR1'S OF COMMU"rEgS
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. CAWNPORE. It .was voted that the Girls' High School be permitted to
bui ld servants quarters using money in hand.
GONDA.. Th~ changes jn regard to teachers quarters were aPPFoved.
If the Rs. 1,000 'sent by Mrs. Chambers' daughter is available, two Teachers
Training Class rooms are tc be added to the front of the Chambers Memorial
School house.
MUZAFFARPUR. FurnitUl",' to the amount of Rs. 147 was approved for
Miss Sheldon's room. It wa~ voted that the request for a new roof for the
bungalow be prei'ented to the Field Reference Committee.
RASRA. Furniture to the amount of Rs. 232 was approved for the Rasra
bouse. Miss Abbott was allowed Rs. 300 to rebuild the old kitchen, garage and
servants quarters.
M iss Abbott was permitted to take such of the touring equipment now iI'l
Arrah as she should require for Ballia-Buxar touring.
LEMIRA WHEAT,
Sec'retar,y
Auxiliary Committee
Reports havp- been sent in from all the districts this year.
The Auxiliary Committee enjoyed the work of preparing fine programm'-'s
which were sent out to all the auxil aries and to places whera we hoped
auxiliaries might be organized.
Two of the districts held meetings only at district conference time; the
others report mee!ing-s at various int~rvah throughoJt th? conference year.
Neariy all the districts report a keen interest in the mite boxes. A hundred
and seventr-five were Sent out to seven districts in the Lucknow Conference No doubt many were put on the top !;:helf and forgotten, but enough were
used to make it well worth while. Many have asked to have the mite boxes
given OUt again this year.
When the programme telling about Miss Heed's work among the lepers
was sent out, it was suggested that least one person from each auxiliary
write to Miss Reed. Not II\llny acted on this sugg-estion, but some letters were·
writte.1, and I am sure Miss Reid E"njoyed them.
Patterns for two little g-arments were "'ent out along with the Baby Fold
programmes with the suggestion that each auxiliary make a few garments and
bring them to annual conference. These patterns were magic. and have
brought forth not only froeks and 'bandies' for toddlers. but a host of other
baby garments, all of which will be of use in the Baby Fold. A hundred and
eighty four garments have been made.
Ballia District will not have their parcel of baby garments ready until
March, but Mrs. Faucett writes "I ore'5ented the request for garments for the
Baby Fold. The women were quite interested. All promised to give ()'1~
ga'rmEmt and a few promised two. . . One of the Bible women, touched by the
needs at the Baby Fold brought a new little dress she had made for her own
baby and gave it to me with the l'equest that it be given to a little child with as
sweet a smile as her own baby has."
No doubt other of the garments were given in this same beautiful spirit,
and have brought real blessing to the givers.
As a prize Rs. 2-8-0 has been added to the mite box money of the auxiliary
having the largest amount in their mite boxes, and the same amount to the
auxiliary having the largest collect jon. Lucknow City had the largest mite
box offering and Gonda City auxilial'y the largest collection.
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My prayer is that each auxiliary may move on to bigger and better things
the coming year.
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REFO.RTS OF COMMITTEES
Mite
box
Money.
Auxiliaries.
To be
sent to
6
Ballia
Buxar
..
Cawnpore City ..
" District ..
School
Gond~
M uzaffarpur
Lucknow City
., District .•
Rae Bareli
1
4
1
2
7
Bhabua ! 3 12 3 Baby Fold
Mi!:lsion.
21 8 0 Baby F'}Jd
15 0 0 Baby Fold
Baby Fold
! 20
Baby Fold
Baby Fold
o IBaby "Fold
Baby Fold
6 1 Baby FOld '
o !Baby Fold,j 17 0 0 i Bhabaa
I M:ssion.
0' Baby Foldi
;
9 Bbabua
6 ~ 0 Bhabua
:>.1ission.
Mission
I
9
18 0
4 14
31 8
1
4
13 2
3 8
"I
21 8 0
15 0 0
20 0 0
800
J~ g
II
78 7 0
11 12 0
gg
I
----!
Total
Rs.a. p.
!
759
1
Total.
Rs. a. p.
Rs. a. p.
Arrah
To be
sent to.
Collection
--·----1
1123 14 6 I
I
I
E. M.
7'0
0
42 2 3
4 14 6
48 8 0
1
13 2 0
10 0 9
1202 5 6
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HUTCHENS,
Secretary and Tre(lsu'rer.
Committee on Schools
The furlough of Miss Premi Mathews. which was passed last yea.r to take
effect from July, 1930, was confirmed.
It wa~ moved and cal'ried that we suggest that school girls be permitted to
go without chadrr'rR in classes and for morning prayers.
It was moved and carried that teachers' attend;mce records be kept in all
schools and the cause of absences noted.
The report of the committee which was to draw up a teachers' contract
was accepted ard it was recomme:lded that a copy of the contract be sent to
North and Northwest India CO!lferences for the approval of their schools' committee.
Athletic contests were held in Cawnpore, Arrah, Muzaffarpur? and Gonda.
Muzaffarpur won tre shi(,ld.
This .' ear volley hall )s to be included and the jump excl uded from the contest The younger children i. e. from A, Ii, 1st. and 2nd cia'lSes will also take
part in the contest. PillS instead of lmSges will be used as individual awards
for those coming out in first class. .
Miss Eveland, Miss Hutchens, and Miss SheMon were elected on the Athletic Committee.
SENIOR TEACHERS
The Schools Committee recom lite Lded that hereafter we drop the USB of
the term aS8i8tant and use the expression senior teacher to desi,qnate those
who were formerlll called assistants.
Salary Scale
S. L C. Failed (if she has studied in an a.ccredited High School) Rs. 45, insreasing accordmg to rules up to Rs. 90.
S. L. C. Passed from an accredited school Rs. 55 up to Rs. 90•
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.
Rs. 65 increasing up to
70
75
75
" 95
95
"" 115
Kindf'rgarten Trained
M atric, Failed and Trained
S. L. C. Trained
F.A.
F. A. Trained
B. A.,
B. A. Trained
19
Rs.
"
"
"
"
"
"
110
120
125
125
150
150
175
Special Rules for Salaries
1. A senior teacher who can not qualify under the above ruling shall start
on a salary of Rs. 40 increasing according to rule to Rs. 60.
2. Teachers receiving salary according to the old ruling shall continue
accordingly, but the new scale shall take effect from July, 1926.
3. Qualified teachers of Middle Class Urdu or Hindi shall receive an advance
of Rs. 5 above the usual salary
4. ~enior teachers may be given an increment of Rs. 5 at the end of the
first, third, fifth, etc., years of successful teaching until maximum salary is
reached.
5. A teacher engaged in a Normal School may receive Rs. 5 more than she
W ouid otherwise according to rule.
6. Those attending the Dasehra and Teachers' Conference shall have their
board paid and half of third cla~s fare where possible, otherwise half of intermediate class fare. The board shall be paid for the teacher at one rupee per day
from the school account ann the 1"est from the house account.
7. All teachers, S. L. C. and above, will receive their salary according to
scale whether they hoard in the house or not. But, if they live in the bouse and
make their own arrangements, a minimum of Rs. 5 per month shall be charged.
8. A teacher allowed to live in the bungalow whose salary is Rs. 80 or
ahove sha.n pay Rs. 35 into the house account.
9. Any teacher whose salary is below Rs. 80 shall pay Rs. 30 into the house
account.
JUNIOR TEACHERS
Salary Scale
Rs.
Rs.
12
Middle Failed
1
27
1
Pa3seu
13
28
VII"
(after one year class)
15
1
3U
(if after two year class)
16
VII
1
31
VIII
1
18
33
IX
22
1
37
For Vernacular training the increase in in:ti~l salary shall heRs..
6 if trained after passing the Middle Examination.
7"
. , , , VII class.
9
" VIlI class.
10
" IX class.
For example a girl wh() pass~d the Jliddle School EXltminlttion took
training and later srurfied through the eighth class would hegil~ on Rs.24,
whtle a girl who stlldied through the eighth class and then took training would
begin on Rs. 27.
Special Rules for Salaries
1. Junior teachers shall receive their increments at the enri of every year of
successful teaching: trained teachers to receive their first increment at the- end
of thp"first year of teaching and untrained teachers at the end of the second
year of teaching.
2. In case a girl has failed in her Normal School examinationar has not
been ahle to appear on account of illness, her salary may be decided by the principal of the school in con::lllltation with the principal of the Normal- School' the
increment in no case to exceed two-thirds of wh3.t she would have received J had
she passed.
3. Teachers who are receiving school food and no extras shaH pay Rs.5
per month
, 4. AU untr.ained teachers under S. L. C. failed, may be given an increment
of Rs. 5 after eIght years of successful teaching and thereafter according to
rule.
.
5. If as many as four junior teachers wish the use of a cook woman, each
shl ~I pay Re. 1 per month toward her salary, and the remainder shall be paid by
school funds.
Special Rules for Junior aud Senior Teachers
Teachers, when entering the service in the school~ are to be allowed ,·third
class railway fare and reasonable conveyance hire and coolie charge.s; this amount to. be paid at the end of the first semester of teaching.
1. Twelve month~' salary shall be paid during- the year; but two weeks'
boara is to be deducted if they board in the school; however, if the teacher has
taught only part of the time, the vacation salary shall be paid in proportion.
2. Full board shall be paid during the Christmas holidays.
3. Teachers who are on sick leave shall be paid one month of salary for
each year of service up to three months on the certificate of a doctor designated
by the principal of the school, and after that the case shall be referred to the
F,ield Reference Committee
4. For repayment of scholarships, see Rules and Regulations of the Board
of Education.
Evangelistic Committee
The Evangelistic Committee met at the Deaconess Home, Lucknow, on
January 14, 1929. Four members were present.
Recommendations.
1. That the chairman of the Evang'elistic ,Committee consult with the
chairman of the Evangelistic Board with regard to calling a meeting ot the
Evangelistic Committee at the time of the Finance Committee meeting held in
Lucknow on January 24th in order that an opportunity be given both committees
to co-operate in regard to the work. This was so arranged but none of the
Evangelistic Committee was present at th~ time appointed.
1I. That one Bible woman at least be sent from each district to the Bible
Vl omen'~ Institute and t bat an effort be made to reproduce the work of the
institute at the various district conferf'nces or summer schools.
Very few Bible women of our mission attended the Institute of last year.
It seemed legitimate where funds pE'rmitted to pay expenses from district
evangelistIc funds according to rull:' number two.
The chairman was requested to write to all in charge of Bible women urging
them to send their women to the Institute.
III. That requests be sent to the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the
Barel1Jy Theological Seminary and the Budaon Training School to establish
courses of study in the Woman's department in the teaching of arithmetic and
reading by reco£nized normal methods.
, IV. That the secretary of the Field Reference Committee be asked to sanction a fund to enable miseionaries, not connected with evangeli$tic work, travelling allowance, when needed, in visiting evangelistic centres of work.
MISS RUTH GANTZER,
ChaiTman.
r;eneral Rules for Evangelistic Work
1.
~
A separate'acc0unlbook is to be kept for all district and evangelistic funds,
the prescribed form furnished by the EvangelIstic Committee being used.
Circuit bill forms and receipt books, according to the prescrioed'forrn are to
be used.
3. December 31st is to be considered the end of the fiscal year when books
: should be closed and summary made.
4. The'following rules are to be observed in the expenditure of funds:
REPOl{'fS OF COMMITTEES
2l
Bills allowable.
Regular monthly salaries of Bible women.
When the women attend district conference or summer school the
amount required over and above what the expenses would be if
they did not come is considered a legitimate expenditure, where
funds permit.
3. Spe~ial help, such as for medical bills, etc., is to be allowed only in ca!'es of
veryspecial need. Any bills over ten rupees should be reft:-rred to the Field
Reference Com I ittee.
.
4. A reasonable amount for district libraries is considered a legitimate expenditure, where funds permit.
(a)
(b)
Bills not allowable.
No itinerating allowance is to be given Bible women except in unusual cases.
(b) The giving of presents to Bible women is not approved.
Books for the course ~f study costing four annas or less are to be paid for in
full by the woman getting them, but, if returned in good condition, she may
receive a refund of one-half of the price paid. For books cosling more
than four annas one-half price is to be charged, and if returned in good
condition there will be a refund of the amount paid.
The lady in charge of village schools or district work may, at her own discretion, reward voluntary workers by giving four annas for each Christian
pupil who passes m the first book and eight annas for each Christian who
pa!)lses in the second book .
One month's pay for each year's service may be granted to assistants when
extended leave is necessary. Further requests to be made to the Field
Reference CommIttee.
Third ;class railroad fare may be given to assistants when required to attend
district conference out of their own station.
All women workers except those whose husbands are in the employ of thE'
Church or its institut.lOns and who are not eligIble to any other provident
fund or pension, are required to join the Women Workers' Pruvident Fund
of Lucknow Woman s Conference. See page 13.
That Bible women to be examined in the course of study present their
request for examination through their supervisors and that a committee
consisting of those in charge of work in the district supervise the examinations. In case there is only one person in charge of work she be requested
to call in an outside person who is in charge of work.
That the registrar be not required to give certificates except at the request
of the examining committee.
(a)
b.
6.
. 7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
Salary Scales for Bible Women
Any woman giving full time under supervision, that can qualify as junior
teacher may draw the same sd.lary, except that her maximurn Will bt.~ .Hos. 2 less.
Any other woman having passed all the Bible Women's Course of ;:;tudy may
receive up to RI'>. 12.
Wives of preachers shall receive a salary accorJing to the rule for joint
salaries.
Course for Bible Readers
FIRS'!' YEAR
1. ;H:'Dharm Tul§. aw' Hindi lmla.
2. Muqaddas Kitab ka Ahwal I aur II.
S. Mere rabne kaGhar.
4. Hisab jama'.
Jmhon ne tisra darja· Boarding Iskul ke imtihan men pas kiya hai. un ko
his€lb ke iwaz meg Zaruri Ta'lim (saw€ll 0 jawab donon) aUf char bhajan hifz
krarna hoga,
SECOND YEAR
1.
2.
J>.hatt-i-' Amm Ya'qub, 1, II Patras, I, II, HI Yuhanna. Yahudah, Hindi
ycirRoman mep, ma' note Mrs. Wilson se.
Parhezgan ki Catechism aur Hmdi lmla.
REPORTS OF COMMITT~EB
3.
4.
5.
Rasulon ke A'maI, Hindi ya Roman men.
Ratan Mahi.
Hisab tafriq.
THIRD YEAR
**Mumuksh Brittant aur lmla.
2. *I).h8~t-1 K urinthion, Galation, IfisioD, FiIippiol], KuluBslon, I Thiss'aIunlkion, Filemon, aur imlaGalation men, rna' note Mrs. Wilson set
3. Masihi Amanatdari, (Duncan).
1.
FOURTH YEAR
1. t**Sat Mat Nirup4n aur lmla.
2. t**Masih ka Namuna, Roman ya Urdu men, aur lmla.
3. Rfunion ka I~hatt, rna' note Mrs. Wilson se.
Course for Evangelistic Teachtrs
FIRST YEAR
1. PaWi Kitab Hindi, Urdu ya Roman.
2. Ginti sau tak.
3. Zaruri Ta'Iim.
4. Hifz kame ke liye, ~hudawand ki Du'a, Das Hukm, Rasulon ka 'Aqida,
aur do Bhajan, ya'ne, "Yishu' Masih mero pran bachaiYa" aur "Man
bhajo Masih ko chit se."
5. Harfon ka Likhna, Hindi, Urdu ya Roman.
SECOND YEAR
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
DUsri Kitab Hindi, Urdu ya Roman.
Ginti-sau tak likhna.
Marqus ki Injil, pahle panch bab.
Imla-ek juz ke Iafzon ka.
Mudge sahib ki Catechism.
Rifz karne ke live-tin bhajan, ya'ne, "Kyun man bhula hai," "Yishu'
paiyan Iagaun," "Main to Ylshu' ko man men mana rakhih6n,"
Nazar i sani ke liye Rasulon ka' Aqida aur Das Hukm.
THIRD YEAR
1. Mati ki Inj11 aur lmla.
2. Hisab jama' aur tafriq pachas tak.
3. Hlfz karne ke liye-Za"uri Ta'lim (sawal 0 jawab donon) aur char
bhajan, "Suraj nikla hua. Rawera," "Chet karo sab papi logo," "Jai
Prabhu Yishu' jai Adhiraja," "Masiha tu qudrat ab apni dikha de."
FOURTH YEAR
1. Luqa. aur YUhanna ki Injil aur lmla.
2. Hisab-jama' aur tafriq -sau tak.
3. Balakon ka. Sudhrao.
4. Hifz karne ke liye-7 bhajan, ya'ne, "Yisu' ki musibat jis dam," "Raja
Yisu' aya," Karo meri sahae."
*In Shatton men se tin char hi ek sal ke imtihan ke liye manzur ho sakte
hain.
- **Imla in kitabon ke pable chlilis safhon me!1·se howe.
Sat Mat Nirupan ka ek bissa hi ek sal ke imtihan ke liye manzur ho sakta bai.
Masih ka Namuna ke pahle nau bab hi ek sa.l ke imtihan ke Iiye manzl1r bo
sakta hai.
Ae;ar aur bhajan kisi district ke liye chune ga)e, to we in ke 'iwaz men
manzur ho sakte hain·
.
1. Dihati 'auraton ko ijazat dt jae ki we' zubani imtihan.dewen., leKin mumtahin ke samhne kuchh Hkhna dikbawen.
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2; Dinhog ne tiara darja Boarding Iskul keimtihan men pass kiya hal, un ko
.imla·Urdu, Roman aur Hindi men likhna hoga. Auron ke imla ek
hi zuban men likhna hoga, ya'ne Ordu ya Roman ya Hindi.
. ·3. - Pa~s hone ke number 50 hain .
. 4. Muttra Training Iskul k\ hur Tulaba Baibal riQaron ke charon sal ki
~hwandagl ko 1.thatm kar chuki haig.
Literature Committee
We are pleased to note that three new books are ready for publication .and
would request the All-India Literature Committee to publish them as well as
"PQlIy of the Hospital Staff" and "In His BlindnesR' for which requests were
put in .last year and the year before. These new books are: "Pollyanna,"
translated by Mrs. Chitambar, "Three Goats"and "Hop 0' My Thumb," prepared by Mrs. Tweedie. and a Family Day Pageant p~epared and written by
MT~.'Chitambar .
. 'We note the value of such annual prizes as the Findlay and li'arqnhar ones
and feel that something might be done t rough the A. I. L. C. to secure patrons
for similar prizes for such types of literature as they may be particularly interested in from time to time Tt is felt that this might make an appeal to those
who would not, perhaps, be otherwise interested in helping- in our work.
We deplore the fact a great deal of good litprature has been allowed to get
out of print or to become so shopworn as to be practically useless, and wouid urge
that committees be app0inted in each ianguage area to make a !';urvey of these
and report what should be done in the way of revising and reprintmg. In thIs we
feel that the A. 1. L. C. might profitably work with the N. C. C. literature committee.
We again draw attention to the need of such reviews of vernacular literature as used to be found in the lnd~an Standard Adequate l'eviews of books
published in English are found in seve' a1 of our papers, but as far as we know
there is no corresponding notice taken in any of our leadmg missionary papers of
books published in the different vernaculars. We suggest that the A.1. L C.
should take up this matter and see what can be done.
We suggest the making of hand written library books-with home made
illustrations or those cut out from various ma~ azines-by our school children
either for their own libraries or social service work for our vi!lage schools.
Were-emphasize the need of our being a reading can ference from the most
learned amongst us down to the village child who has just learned the magic of
letters. To this end we wish to urge the further buHding np of village school
libraries in the vernacular, and of district and central school libraries in the
vernacular and English, and for those who read English readily we would draw
attention to the circulating library in Lucknow. Excellent list of reading done
durmg the year have been again sent in by the Lal Bagh school girls; and again
no other school has handed in an account of the reading done by their girls. We
feel that the prize offered by Mrs. Fisher has been a good Incentive to reading
before the pleasure of reading has itself become all the incentive necessary.
We note that a village series of simple reading matter has recently been
brought out in Telegu, and feel ibat a similar series mjght profitably be publishedin simple Hmdi for the villages of North India, should anyone be interestedin taking it up
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We feel that larger edItions of .book8 s~ould be brought out than has frequently been done of late, and that If possIble arrangements should be made for
dispiaying and selling available literature particularly in the vernacular at Our
annual conferences.
CAROLINE WILKIE, Cha?:rma.n.
Rules of the Conference Library
(The library now consists of J,.OO books anti pa.mphlets which are circulc:tted
through the various districts of the conference in floe sm.all boxes.)
.1. On receiving the box of books, please see if all are there as listed Report any that may be .missing without delay to the librarian,
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. 2. On fo~warding the books to anothel"·distl'ict, dl;» the same -aDd ~Jlort.: all
losses and senous defacements, and at the same time make a peileil note on the
list in th~ box-"lost" or "defaced."
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:3 Ear:h district is respons!bl~ for replacing. any books lost· or ::seriQ.usly
defaced while the box has been In lts care. The library fee cannot be,co.tlsi~ered
to cover more than the expense of the general wear and tear aad of ;buying new
books.
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4 Each district may k€ep a box of books 'till it is c'llled for. No one district may have the use of more than one box of books at the 5:ame time.
3. It i" sUg'!!ested that the boxes of books be passed on from hand to hand
as the opportunity arises rather than that they s10uld be sent by passenger trailJ,'
as this not only saves th . extra expense but is muc~'1 easier on the delicate constitutions of both the books and boxes.
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6. All of the boxes of books shall be brought to the annual conference for
general repairs and checking- up by the librarian.
7. E~ch district is expected to pay Rs. 5 annually for the maintenance of the·
library This payment may be divided between the evangelistic and schoor
work if both make use of the books.
Medical Committee
Districts
It is encouraging to note in all the reports that have been received from the
various districts and schools that preventative measures against disease are
receiving special stress. As a consequence, good health conditions are beingmaintained in our schools, and an improvement over last year can be gleaned
from most of the district reports.
In the city of Cawnpore a number of Government Child Welfare centres are
bringing help to the people in a splendid way. At Cawnpore District Conference talks were given on health preservation and child care. In regard to
the Cradle Roll mothers and children, the Bible Women and her Sunday School
class, Mrs. Perrill says, "It seems to me I talk about keeping well more than
about anything else"
The health of the Bible women and children of the Arrah District the past
year has not been very good. One women died of cholera, Qne is in Tilallnia and
another is suffering in her home of some serious disease which hasn't been diag·
nosed. One woman at the present time is in Cawnpore for treatment for some
internal trouble. The children at home, especially in these particular families.
have not kept well. Mrs. Singh suggests that arrangements be made whereby
women.from this district can avaH th~mselves of expert meweal treatment.
There have been a few cases of sickness in the Muzaffarpur District this
past year, but through lectures on the preservation of health given at Dic;trict
Conference, distribution of medicines and doctor's attention to the needy cases,
an improvement in the general health can be noted.
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In the beginning of the year plague broke out in the Rae Bareli District.
The Christians left their homes, and realizing the value of inoculation took this
measure to protect themselves. Not one of them took the disease.
Health visitors and midwives in this distr ct go from house and teach child
care and sanitatiOn. The Bible women distribute tracts on temperance, health
and hygiene, and in services quite frequently talks are given on cl~anliness.
T ere was an epidemic of fever among the mohalla women of Lucknow thi:;
year. All but two cases recovered. Severe Cl'lses were given hospital ca.re.
All summer, cholera raged in the villages of the Buxar District, and several
deaths occurred among she Christians. Potassium permanganate was put in
welle;; and cholera mixture distributed. Tbe Christians and' non-Christians, all
castes, became one in thell' concern for cleaning up around the wells and listening to teaching on ~8njtation. One of the workers,. though peopJe were sick
and dying on every SIde -of baD, refused to leave the VIllage, but went from house
to house, giving cholera mixture and potassium. All who attended Miss Bacon's
training school were inoculated against cholera befnre returning to theil" villages.
Miss Sheldon is giving very practicalles::)DnS on hygiene to the litJtle youngsters in her moho lla school. There is also a class for mothers,
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Schools
In the Sawtelle Girls' SC,hooJ at Arrah an effort is made to develop 2'00,d
health habits. The girls',are weighed monthly, and weak and underweight girls
are given milk daily. The diet has received attention a~d an effort is being m.ade
to increase the amount of animal fats in the food. There have been a few cases of
illness; from w~ich all. have recovered completely At the recommendation of
Dr. Kipp eleven tonsillectomies among the girls were performed in Patna. One
little girl developed leprosy f{)llowing summer vacation, but hopeful reports for
her complete recovery are ~ow being received, fr9m Allahabad, where she IS receiving excellent ~reatment.
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Gonda also is, carrying on a rigid campaign against, sickness. Following
Dr. Kipp's visit in February there were 21 tonsillectomies perfo,rmed and a
number of adenoiQ,s remov~d. All recommended treatments such as tho~e for
goitre, granul~r eyeHds and ,intestinal parasites are beiqg carried out. T.hr~e
girls were sent to Tilaunia in August, one of whom died shortly after arriving
there. These have been the only serious illnesses.
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In order to give all the children mille dallia is given once a day for a nashta.
The amounts of oil ~nd gh-i have been increased and in addition each girl is
given about five drops of cod-liver oil daily.
Because of Miss Fernstrom's inability to ViSIt the schools this year, arrangements have been made in both the Gonda and Arrah schools for medical authorities to give a physical exammation of each child.
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Muzaffarpur reports an excellent health record among its girls, except for an
epidemic of the chicken pox and just recently a siege of the flu. There is a noticeable improvement over last year. Here, too. the girls are weighed monthly
and the weak girls given milk' and eggs. Miss Sheldon writes, "The conference
athletic contest is helping to give a great incentive to play."
Miss Frederick of Allahabad Boys' School notes a good health record the past
year. One boy was sent to Tilaunia. Here also regular physical examinations
are made.
The students in the Girls' High School, Cawnpore have been well the past
year, except for minor ailments.
Our inter-conference mstitutions report that all efforts are being made to
maintain good health among the students. Undoubtedly this will be given more
detailed mention in their special reports.
Temperance
In a numher of stations the various activities of the W. C. T. U. have been
carried on with notable success. There seems to be greater interest and more
decided goals in the cause of temperance.
Our objectives for 1930 are:
1. Every Christian woman a W. C. T. U. member. And every Christian
man a member of some temperance society.
ll. Every zenana worker and every teacher in our mission a temperance
instructor laying great stress against the use of opium and cigarettes.
llI. Every school with a temperance society, having medal contests or
recltations and essays at least once a year.
IV. Every district having a full supply of temperance literature and
pledge books with pins and buttons for those who like to buy them.
V. At l~ast one public lecture during the year and a big rally at district
conference.
V 1. Securing as many subscribers for the magazine, "Indian Temperance
News," as possible.
MHS. CHITAMBAR.
Resolutions
We, the members of the Lucknow Women's Conference, express our deep
gratitude to Bishop and Mrs. Fishel' for their wise leadership and for the spiritual
blessings which have come to us all through their inspiring talks and lectures.
Although our hearts are made sad and we have a feeling of loneliness, we
yet rejOIce that Miss Harriet Singh and Miss Helen Ingram, who gave so
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many years of devoted service in our conference area, have been released
from the weariness and pain of suffering and have entered -into the eternal rest
and higher service for which they were so prepared:
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We rejoice that Mrs. Buck can be with US again this year. It does us good
just to look into her face.
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We regret that on account of illness Miss Smith could not be with - us,
and on aceount of caring· for Miss Smith and Phyllis who ~s ill, Miss Sheldon
and Mrs. Ackerly could not attend the conference.
We are very glad to welcome Miss Bear, our new missionary, and to welcome back Miss Shannon, Mrs. Wellons, and Miss Ludgate
To thOSe leaving on furlough we extend our good wishes and hope thRt
they may have happy, restful furlough and that they may return to us renewed
ill .strength and energy.
We wish to ex·press our deep appreciation to our hosts and hostesses whose'
hospitality and unfailing interest in caring for our needs have made us hap!:)y and
comfortable.
District Reports
ARRAH DISTRICT
. District W Ol"k
Mrs. Singh.
We have had a number of interesting things in the Arrah District during
this year. In the month of February Bishop F. B. Fisher visited a number of
vi11ages in ;the district and gave bt'i~f talks to the people which made a great
impression on them. The·Bishop put before the people the need of the education
of their children. The village Christians appreciated the Bishop's visit very
much. Thi~ year we were ·ableto open 12 new village schools. The total number
of village day~schools now is 17 with 165 children. The schools at Ganga-uli and
Laskara are doing splendid work. The children show great eagerness . for
learning. Some of them can read thdir Bible. One big girl named Dhanmati
is married and now having come to age has gone to live with her husband
'who is a non~Christian. She expressed a great sorrow at leavmg the school, and
'promised 'her teacher, Munshi Chatar Gun, that although she would not be
able to say her prayers and read her Bible openly she would never cease· to
have private devotion. She is very anxious to win her husband and the mem~
bers ;of his family to Christ May the Lord fultH her desirE:!l Two girls and
one boy of Gangauli School came to the District C'Onference. They sing our
Christian songs beautifuUy.
It was a rare privilege of the Arrah District to have Mrs. Fisher present
during the District Conference. She presided over the Woman's Conference and
(hearo the reports of all the Bible~readers.
While reporting at District Conference Mrs M. Kidder of the Nokha
Circuit mentioned about a Hindu woman who is a secret disciple of Christ.
,Once it so happened that one of the members of her family was confined to bed
with some serious sickness. She came to Mrs. Kidder for help and advice.
rOne day Mrs. Kidder went to see the patient and asked if they would'like her
to pray for ilie Sick person to w hieh some agre~ and some objected. Finally
M:rs. Kidder offered a short prayer by the bed -side. The sick peraon began to
feel better and sent for Mrs. Kidder again. While all this was going on the
hUl:lband of this woman knew nothing about it. One day he found his wife
praying to ~Christ~ He got angry and threatened to deal-hard with her if he
next found her doing toat. This woman believes in prayer. She said to Mrs.
Kidder, "Although my husband has forbidden me to pray but I will always do
that ill my heart. i kDOW he is a wonderful Saviour. 1 can not cease to love
him." 'There are many who helieve in .christ secret1y although they can not
do it ()penly~
T·lllS year cholera raged seriously in the district. In the month of June one
of our very fine Bible~reader.s, Mrs. Kusham Samuel, became a victim to it-at
Koath, leaving two infant children hehind, one of Whom, the baby, died a
month after his mother. Another Bible-reader, Mrs. Joseph Wesley, has not
been able to do much this year on account of ber continuous illness. For
some time we had given up aU hopes of her life, but,: thank God He is SuStaining her. She is better but not quite out of danger yet. We had lot of sickness
in the district this year but God has been good to our people and has brought
them safe out of every difficulty.
I have not much to say about the work among the women in the city. I occasionally make social calls In some of the homes women appreciate our visits
and like to have friendly talks.
We have two auxiliaries which hold their meetings every alternate week.
The number on roll .ij 24.. All of the members take very active part in the
progr.amme. This year they have undertaken to help clean the place-where the
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services are held, and also helped in preparing the elements for the Lord's
Supper.
The much needed Church Building has begun to appear above ground
level. The construction' has been completed up to the plinth. On the 9th of
October Bishop F. B. Fisher laid the Corner-stone. ,
Miss R. E. Hyneman who had worked for two years as district evangelist
was granb~d furlough this year. She l~ft India in the middle of April. Many
of the vilage school children aTe mjssing her. The Arrah District is without
a district evangelist this year~.
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In conclusion I thank God for all that has been done and for what is yet
to be accomplished we seek his help and guidance.
Sawtelle Girls' School
Mi8s'M: Tirsgaard.
1929 hasbeen ..ayear of fulfilments. Many things workedanqprayed for;'a
long time have.come to pass within the last twelve month. "JehQvahhath done
great things for· us, whereof :we are glad."
The building project is actually being carri~d out, and we shall soon have
ample spaCe for everybody. Government building grant has been obtained for
both school house and hostel to the extent of one-half the cost of the former
and two-thirds of the cos't of the latter, and since it all. has to be spent within a
year's time, the building project is being pushed as fast as possible. It. was
started last spring, just after Miss .Hyneman left for furlough, and should ,be
completed by April or May, 1930. The school, house is already finished, and. we
plan to move into it in January, 1930. The cottages for the boarding' are well
under way anct should be ready for occupancy next summer. By having small
cottages, ~ith about eight children in each, we hope to make it more home-like
for the girls. We plan to: train them in various kinds of housework, including
cooking, sewing, keeping household accounts, weaving, gardening, _etc., thus
preparing them better for the future.
this year has also seen a definite advance in the standing of the school. For
several years it was an Upper Primary school, ~ntil the last two years when
middle classes were started Recognition as a Middle English school and a
monthly recurring grant for the same we~e applied forlast year, and, much to
our joy and encouragement, both were granted early this year.. This puts our
pupils on a par with those from any other school al1d gives them an equal
chance to enter higl1er institutions. This fall, for; the, first. time, our seveath
class is taking the Government Middle School Certificate examination..
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. The staff, 'consisting of seven teacher&, are, doing faithful work from, day
to day. Miss L. Singh, as assistant head mistress. is very ably taking a good
share of both work and responsibility.
The hours spent in the boarding are also busy ones, for the girls. They
cook their own food,; mend their own ~lothes, keep their rooms and courtyard
clean; all of.,which is supervjsed by the matron who has, been here for several
years. The girls are aIso interested in various health measures, and take much
pridein trying to keep up to par physically. So far we have not had our annual
physical examination, but the Lady Health Officer for the Province is sbeduled·to
come hefore Christmas to examine and inspect the school. Our yearly inter-school
athletic contest creates much· eJ;lthus.iasm and gives much good exercise.. Girl
Guide work bas als~ been started this year!
Through aJI the activities we try, to, build Christian character and to help
the girls· toward a higher moral and spiritual standard.. It is.a promising group,
f:rom which we expect a, great asset to the Indian Church.
BALLIA DISTRICT
DiBtrict Work
Mrs. R. 1. FauceU.
',; . Last year we had no de~ths among our Bible womeg. This year there have
,~en two. One ~JlS Martha:<>f whom ,mention was made in last year'B.repoft;
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Martha who served and who was wanted back by her village sisters. She died
very suddenly leaving a family of small children, the youngest a wee babe in
arms. Both women were loved and respected and will be greatly missed in
their homes and community. There was one more death, that of Mrs.
Sampson. She died in February after a long illness most patiently borne. She
had given many years of her life in devoted service to her Master and she is
remembered with great affection by many. One of the Blble women lost her
little son in an especially sad manner. The little fellow strayed away· from
home one day and never returned. Vmagers said that he had been drowned.
His body wac;; never found. A second son in the same family was attacked and
bitten, during our district conference time, by a vicious dog that ran at large.
At first it was said that the dog was mad and the mother and father were very
anxious. It was learned later that the dog was not mad. It is in this land of
disease and sudden death and countless dangers that our Christians realize the
preciousness of the abiding presence of a loving Heavenly Father who cares
for them. The Hindu is governed by fear. The Christian learns the secret of
trust.
The big Dadri mela has been on and is now over. It is a yearly affair.
Great throngs of people come from near and far to bathe m the Ganges river.
One of the roads the people take, passes by our house. The mela affords an
opportunity for sowing the seed. Tract:,; are distributed and portions of
Scripture sold. This year the children of one of our preachers went among the
crowds and daily distributed and sold a goodly amount of such literature. A
visiting lady tourist from America who came to India, not to observe any
missionary efforts but simply to see the country, on watching one day the
thousands who bathed in their sacred Ganges river to obtain purification of
soul. turned to me with the remark. "The message of Jesus Christ is the only
thing to save the people of India."
This year we received a gift of two beautiful chairs for our Ioca] chllrch~
The chairs were needed and have been much appreciated. The ones who made
the gift, a Christian man and his wife, did so in a real spirit of sacrifice and
gratitude.
Our district conference met this year at Madhopur, a circuit centre. Far
from the attractions or distractions of a town we met in this quiet. country
spot. Here we found our opportunity. for meditation and prayer and for
thoughtful discussions of the needs of the work. We felt God's Spirit present.
Hearts were stirred and new visions of service came before us. Stress was
laId on personal work and the personal touch. Part of the time the women's conference met in separate session. At this time we had our reports, our discussions,
and the papers on various topics previously prepared were read. Two papers
on the subject of temperance were given. Mrs. !lahi Baksh gave a helpful talk
on the care of little children, especially in respect to their diet.
An appeal from the Warne Baby Fold at Bareilly for garments for the
children met with a sympathetic response from the women. In a short while
we hope to send a package of garments made by the women themselves
from their own materials to the Baby Fold. When one considers that
some of these gifts will be from homes where the family income does
not exceed the equivalent of six or eight; dollars a month one sees
something deeper than just the intrinsic value of the gift. When the appeal
was made one Bible woman immediately offered a little dress, new, which she
had just made for her own lIttle girl, asking that it might be given to
80me needy little child in the Baby Fold who had as sweet a smile as her
baby'~.
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The BIble woman, who, last year, came new to thIS d1stnct,. and wlio
repOrted at our previous district conference that her first effort had been to
learn the language of her village people and to aid her in this had made friends
of the village children, reported that she had learned the new language and had
won the love of the children and of their mothers. The children, she said, come
always to her house I think she senses a real opportumty of service there.
Her own beautiful spirit is a constant witness for Christ in her village.
Weare hoping to secure the services of a good Bible woman for zenana
work in·Ballia. We feel there is a need and ,an opportunity for the· right kind
of person. There seem to be many homes where such an one would be weI-
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come and through her a means of carrying the message to homes unacquainted
with :Christian thought.
Mrs. Dahl Baksh's medical report shows that '7,584 patients have been
treated hy her during the past year, and 89 operations have been performed.
It does not take a new-comer long to sense the appalling need among the
people for medical help. In some places it amounts to acute distress. Mrs.
llahl Baksh is meetin~ this need as far as she is able. Four nUlJ."ses have been
distributed through the district by the District Board.
We are very thankful that Miss Abbott has come to belpus. In her
eV8Dge'listic work she gets very near to the village people. We f-eel that her
presence is going to mean much to these village women and children and 1.0
the development of our work. Her helper is a village woman of unusual
intelligeI'lce who, through -severe persecution, has stood firm for her Christian
faith. Her testimony of her experiences is an inspiration and a challenge, and
'She speaks the language of the village people.
As 'We 'look back over the past year we are gratefu.l for many blessings.
We look forward with hope and joy into the new year beginning.
Evangelistic and Village School Work
Miss Abbott
The nine months since my return from furlough 'have been spent in various
tasks -and in becoming acquainted with the conditions in 8allia District. My
work has taken two forms: First, general touring with visits to all villages
wher.e there are Christians, studying the groups with a view to the places
where more intensive work of one kind or another may be carried on. Second,
the development of village schools already in existence and the organization
of new ones. Out of this. preliminary work there have emerged various
opportunities for intensive work both among women and children, which will
be undertaken in the coming year. Some places call for a period of preparato11'
wl)rk before schools can be opened, inother places groups of adult readers
call for the distribution of readmg matter, in others the women are to be g'lven
special intensive teaching, and in stili others health teaching and guidance seem
the most favourable approach.
The life ,of the village woman, while it may seem in some ways a very
simple life, is veritably honeycombed with fear, superstition and semi-religious
customs 'and ceremonies. It is very difficult to learn of all these things and
years of occasional contact may not reveal them unless one happens to '~e
present when some ceremony is being performed or hears some chance remark
revealing the superstition and fear of the village woman. 1 have had unusual
'opportunities 310ng this line this year. On a number of occasions we have
arrived in a village or home when some domestic or religious ceremony was
being performed..
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.Some of these ceremOnIes have a beautiful Idea back of them, such as the
welfare of the brothers of a family or the establishment of a life'-long friend'ship. .If!Ve can turn .these .into. distinct!y Christian channels, we will have -m~de
Christianttya very Vltai thmg In the hfe of these women. Other ceremomes
are connected with the most abject fear and superstition. When Christ 'lras
freed the heart from fear, these customs and ceremonies will naturaHy drop
away. One of our greatest problems is that of connecting up the .christian
messag-e with the actual life and thought ()f the village woman
For the past few weeks 1 have had as my helper a village woman from
Buxar District. While she has had no education or special training, she ·has
been set free in a remarkable way from her former fea'rs and superstitions,
'knows Christ as 'her Saviour, and has wondprful power in prayer. When she
.tells her experience to her village sisters they ·are deeply affected, seeing one .af
their own number so wonderfuJIy saved.
Some of our village schools have improved greatly during the year and .are
making commendable pr~ress. One new school has 'been opened 6nd .~
paratory work done towards the ?p~ning of o,ther new ones .. Sol!le :of OUr
teachers attended the Normal Trammg School In Buxar and receIved great
benefit. Tbey have been able to introduce better methods, and in some cases
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have ch$Ilged the spirit of the whole school. We are seeking to bring all the
schools up to a hig her standard and to connect their work up more directly to
the life and needs of their people. We are giving special thought also to the
specific teaching 0 f Christian morals and ideals. Our schools will have fulfilled
their purpose when they have made the young people not only intelligent but
also true to Christian ideals.
The opportunities are without limit, and we are enterinJ; into them with
great expectancy that these little village groups may become shining lights in
the midst of the thousands who are still sitting in the shado ws of ignorance and
superstition.
BUXAR DISTRICT
Medical and Zenana Report
Mrs. Bukk.
I thank God for what has been done in Buxar District during these seven
years as a distnct, and during nearly sixteen years as a circuit of the Arrah
Distriet.
The evangelistic work has o' dinarly been supervised by the District Evangelist. For more than a year there has been no proper supervision during the
absence of Miss E. M. Abbott, but the able work of Miss Bacon as a supervisor
of schools has helped the evangelistic part a great deal.
The result achieved during the year was manifested at the time of our
District Conference when nearly 45 women came to attend the "village day"
f:rQm all over the district, sOnie walking as far as 25 miles. How happy they
all were. They all testified that they were really glad to get acquainted with
the other Christians in the district and also said that they had learned to love
each other.
How glad one feels when going to visit a school to find, as is usually the
case. two. three or ten women sitting listening to the Bible stories, watching
their children read and write, and singing bhajans. Through these schools, most
of our village women have really learned much about our Saviour Jesus Christ.
How thankful we are that these women who were woefully ignorant are now
in the atmosphere of a living Christ. It must be remembered that these women
are all of the Chamar Caste and intensely ignorant. Thank God one of them
has recently been appointed as a Bible reader in che Ballia and Buxar
districts,
MEDICAL WORK
Medical work is a recognized opening in every kind of mISSion work, and
it is especially valuable in Mass Movement work. The depressed classes of all
the people of India are the most densely ignorant of the simplest laws of
hygiene and child nature but much may be done for them when a beginning is
made. A lady doctor treating some village Christian women, and paying a
visit to a Christian mohall a in the district, may treat sore eyes and ot.her
diseases of the depressed classes and bring them' great relief. The peopk of
the village are filled with gratitude and begin to feel confidence in the lady
doctor. The suggestions given by her are always followed up and the women
gradually learn that the eyes of the children would not get sore so often if their
faces were washed thoroughly every day apd if there was less dirt in the house
to attract flies~ The lady doctor can usually persuade them to be inocu1ated
against plague and cholera when it breaks out in the village. This, yeaJ;" I
succeeded in getting nearly 150 of our Christian women, boys and girls,
inoeul.ated and I am glad to say that not one of those inoculated died.
The irpportance of working along these ~s with the women is evident as
they are the ones who keep the house and bring up the c.h.i.ldren. Witb the
cpming of the Gospel must come also cleaner, purer living, and how can this be
i£ the women are not taught? Do we feel ourselves responsiole for the teaching of the village women? There is nothing tha~ will work so surely for the
uplift of the depressed classes as the enlightenment of their women, and there
~ no knowledge in the w9rld save the knOWledge of Jesus Christ that will
bring these women Qut of darkness into the jQy of light, and love and life.
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Our Raghunathpur Dispensary has treated· during the year 16,368 ,patientS.
The officials rate our dispensary as one of the most important and popuLar dispensaries in the district, The result of which being that in spite of the financial
stringency of the District Board, the Government has restored the grant of
Rs. 300 which was cut down by the District Board.
We thank God for the victory in the past and move forward with the hope
of better days before us.
Buxar Village Schools
Miss Nettie A. Bacon
At the end of the second year in village work 1 find myself more optimistic
than I did at the end of the first year, and really glad that I continued at it for
another year. I am sure that I should be very sad to be appointed elsewhere for
another year. even though nct one of my many little village schools measures up
to what I believe a village school should be .
. My ideal village school is one able to become a real community centre for
the whole village. The teacher should be one to whom the whole village looks
for help along all lines and one to whom every member of the village community
can turn as to a friend for advice and counCIl. 1 do not believe this can ever be
accomplished unless the teacher lives in the village where he is working. This
is rather impossible when the teacher has several villages to look after. He can
not live in them all but I believe he should live in one of them. He should be a
real spiritual shepherd to the whole flock. He should have some knowledge of
agriculture, probably do a bit of farming himself to prove to them that he knows
better methods than they do so that he can improve the crops of the village. ,He
should know all sorts of hand work SO he could teach them some cottage industries to raise the economic standards of the people. Then he should be able to
teach the children to read in a shorter time than is usually the case. He should
be able to put into their hands every practical thing possible that they may realize
that reading is worth while in their lives. He must be deeply interested in his
work, really love it and love the people with whom he is working. He should
have teacher training especially for village work.
There are teachers in Buxar who qualify along some of these lines but there
is much for us all to learn yet.
My greatest discouragement on my return from the hills was to find the two
men who 'had read farther than any of the others and should be teaching the best
schools with the poorest schools in their charge. They did not live in the villages
and the rains made regularity difficult so the children had made no progress
unless it was a backward one during my abgence. However these two have
ability above the average and I still have faith in them and believe' they are
going to make good.
We have one trained teacher and another taking training this year. Next
year we will have two trained teachers. I want all trained teachers just as fast
as we can get them but 1 realize that will be far in the future.
I feel that the best work this year as well as last was the training school,
and yet there WHS so much taught to the teachers that they are not teaching to
the children. A month is a short time each year and perhaps 1 expect too much
from it.
However, there are teachers who are working to the very limit of their
ability, and are really accomplishing things even though their ability is low.
One of these, a Bojhpuri, a convert himself from the people with whom he is
working did not come to the training school this year~ The day he was expected
.to come I received a card asking me te excuse him on account of cholera in the
village. He wrote that he did not like to leave his family there alone with so
much cholera about. 1 went to the village to bring them all to Buxar out of
danger. 1 took some permanganate and cholera mixture that Mrs. Sukh had
given me. The whole village was in need and the munshi was the only one who
knew a thing about what to do. He too had some of Mrs. Sukh's cholera mixture
and some permanganate and was the one they all came to for help. We went
from house to house and gave the mixture and put permanganate in eight wells
in the mohallas where the cholera was. None of the Christians were sick. The
day before people had died in two hou.qes nearest the muY£shi'lJ. 'He said, "I c'an
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not leave my people. They come to me for help and I am the only one here with
any medicine. They need me, I must stay by them. I am careful and will not.
get the disease. God will take care of me and my family."
This man i~ a teacher to the whole village. There is no other school where
the children can tell.stories as well as those children tell Bible stories. With
possibly one exception that little village has more children in Arrah school than .
any other viHag-e in the district.
The one possible exception is a village where the teacher was also a Bojhpuri, a convert working among his own people and who like the first teacher. had
studied only about two years in a training school for this class of workers. This
VIllage has had so much trouble from the persecution of the zetnindar and high
caste people of the place.
Another teacher of this same class has a most interesting school. He came
this year for teaching, so eager to learn everything he could. Without any effort
to teach Roman Urdu I found at that end of the month he was able to read it and
wrote a letter in it to prove that he knew it. He learned the ten digits in English
and Urdu by hiJnself. Four or five lessons were given in beginning reading to
demonstrate how it should be done. Those who knew Hindi and no Urdu were
put into an Urdu class for the demonstration. This man was found with an
Urdu bo)k trying to find all the words he knew in it. He has a very keen mind
and is working to the very limit of his ability. He was paid two rupees a month
for teaching the school, until this year when the women from America sent out
$500 for vilJage schools, he was increased to Rs. 5 a month. He teaches the
school at night and works in the field with the others during the day. The ideal
condition I believe for these village schools, but in the sch')ol work he needs much
help and more training.
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The zemindar was angry because he came for the training school and he has
suffered so much peri5ecutioll since the;). The training scho)l was held when
there was no field work to do but the zemirtdar knew where he was and did not
approve of the Ch'lmar children learning to read. He succeeded in breaking up
the school SO there was none for about three mont1s after he returned ready for
better work. He is teaching the school now but the number of children is less
than last year. It was with a sad heat't that I saw that school the last
time. What can be done to lessen this persecution? My going to the village
seems to increase the opposition. The high caste men say, "We are not allowed
to see a motor car why should these out-castes have visitors come to see them in
a motor."
Our newest school in Buxar District is very interesting. It is in a village of
over a hundred Christians. Tbey have been asking for a school for so one time
both the district superintendent and the preacher-in-charge have tried for two
years to get me to that village thinking that if I did I would help rhem to open a
school there. After District Conference a man- was appointed to that village.
He has started a school and I went to visit it. It was a walk of six miles after I
had gone as far as I could in the car. No danger of complaint that out-castes
have a chance to see a motor car. I was so happy after my visit that the walk
did not tire me in the least. Everyone was so happy. They did not know that
I was coming but the school was in session when 1 arrived The villagers were
letting the munshi live in one of their houses while they built a new one for rum.
They are giving the land for a new house and building it themselves. Men and
women were working putting up the mud walls. The house has three rooms and
a nice court ro)m around it with flowers and vegetables already growing. This
is self support in the right direction. The villagers and the children said that
there were two children who had no fathers who were not able to buy their books
and slates or takkti~. At this one of :the children cried bitterly because he had no
father to buy his books. There are 20 children in this school. It is the largest
school we have. These are all boys. -There are as many girls as boys in the
village. How the sC~lool can grow as soon as they believe that girls too should •
be educated. This teacher will do all that he can and wor~ to the limit of his
ability but his knowledge is very limited, and there is a serious question in the
minds of several 9f us as to whether he can really run a school. If only tnose who
have the ability and education would measure up to these men with the one talent.
There ls another Village crying for a teacher, ready to give land for a house
and.J)uild jt if we, will fgrnish the b~mboos and tiles and send a teacher there to
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teach a school. I was able to drive within a few rotls of the village but it is a
long way from the railroad and post office. This is a village with a wonderful
opportunity for a man with a real vision and a desire to serve .
. Two schools are being taught by \\omen. They are both' doing very well
indeed. Other things being equal women make the best teachers for small children. More women would teach schools if the workers lived where the schools are.
The teacher who finished training in Ghaziabad last year is doing very
satisfactory work. He has been teaching two schools. The intermediate department of a Sunday School in America sent $ 25 for a bicycle for one of the teachers
The man to whom it was sent had never lidden a wheel. He tried to learn but
after several bruises he said, "Please forgive me. My legs will carry me where
I have to go. Please give the wheel to some one else." The wheel being a,perfectly loyal Methodist wheel, subject to tran~fer was' given to the trained
teacher. His ·wife is going to teach one of his sdools now and he will open up
.another and help the untrained teachers with their schools 1D the SimriCircuit.
Other things being equal, an Indian can handle my job much better .than I
ever can. The language difficulty would be lessened and he would be better able
to understand' tre people. I am hoping to be able to train some one to be able to
take it over. There is still much chance for improvement. Some times it seems
that we are doing so little and still we are optimistic.
CA W NPO RE DISTRICT
District Work
Mrs. Pe'lrill.
We have been very busy a large part of this year getting acquainted with
the host of Christians who are scattered about in this big industrial city, gettiog
settled and acquainted with conditions and problems throughout the district.
Life in a big city is vastly different than any experience we have ever had-before in India.
For these and other reasons it has not been possible to tour a great deal'
However, I was able to make three short trips out in the'district, one of which
ended in a spell of fever. What I saw was most interesting and gave me
the assurance that the Bible-women in the district were doing some v~ry splendid, constructive work. The way the village Christian women and girls were
going to school, learning Christian songs, the Lord's Prayer, Bible stories,
besides the three R's was very gratify,ing indeed. You should have seen the
preacher's wife at Phaphund lead the singing at the regular evening service
held in -her own courtyard under t.he stars! She pitched the songs where the
women could sing; she beat time so that every body had to keep up·with·her
-all this with the most perfect grace and dignified modesty! And her husband
took care of the baby while she did it. Nor is he a man who doesn't know
his own mind and do his own work. He is a lot better than some men, f-orhe
appreciates his wife's ability and gives her a chance to use it in his work.
·The city Bible women are most faithfaIl in their work. They never miss a
day unless they are really too sick to walk. They are all old, one especially,
·is very feeble but her spirit is as strong and purposeful· as ever, and she has
nardly missed a day all year. She would not even take the :regular vacation
during the very:hot weather because she said, "My time is short. I must work
while it is day." The influence of these women for good is beyond all calculation. It has been a delight to be associated with them.
Miss Childs, my assistant, has done some Very effective work,· especially
in supervising the city day schools. We lost one very good, teacher, Mrs. N.·D
Khan, because of the transfer of herhrisband, Rev. ·N. D. Khan, to the Home
Mission neld ·of the M'ethodist Church at Bhabua. So faJ!' we have had only
temporary teachers to fill this vacancy but we are expecting a regular teacher
immediately after Christ-mas,~one of Miss Hoge'sgirls.Miss Childs filled
in the interims and the children are keeping up very weil. ':Miss Childs· 'is also
running a Sunday school in Alleng(lnj, a mills settlement, which is attended
mostly by Chamar children. Through her teaching the children' have become
'so· interested in Miss ;Mary. Reed's work for the Lepers in €handag that <they
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hav:e sent some of their pioe to her (they wanted to send 'sweets'!) and are saving up more 1J1:ce to send in the future.
The Cradle Roll continues to be very popular in this church. A short time
ago we had a meeting for the Cradle Roll children and their parents on our
lawn. Attendance was good. The older of the little children played games
with a will and their parents watched with delight. The programme would
have fitted a mothers' meeting and was, therefore, acceptable. Some prizes,
and a bag of sweets to each child made a fitting close. Miss Childs attend~
to the sending of birthday cards, enroll;; new members and does the visiting. She 1S now teaching another worker how to run a Cradle Roll in her circuit.
A very interesting, and profitable Interdenominational Institute for Bible
women was held here for ten days in August. The instructor~ especiallyemphasized the need for all workers to know the beliefs and practices of the
people among whom they are working, and with that in mind, to give fitting
Christian teaching. Six of our BIble readers attended and hter at our dIstrict
conference gave such enthusiastic reports that many others have asked to go to
the institute next year.
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Our district conference this year met for one week only and was a time of
refreshment for the people who all year 'long have to be their own inspiration
in the midst of non-Christians. Anum ber of v.sitors. devoted workers in other
places, brought needed messages. The women seemed greatly interested in
discussing the problems that concern their families and their work. At our
last meeting we tried to celebrate the 60th birthday of our Mother Society in
America. A. few remarks were made describing the size of the Society in
America and tbe devoted work of its members. Then we heard news from the
Baby Fold in Bareilly-our own missionary project. Last of all the stewardship candles were lighted, and the explanation of its beautiful meaning
was given.
, The Bible women, Miss Childs ahd I have Pll:t a lot of thought and time in
trying to get the lay women of the local church to take more active part in
the various women's organizations. Distance, sickness, large families with tiny
babies always have been real difficulties in our way. But attendance at
women's meetings is increasing and the women are beginning to see that this i;
the;r job and not the job of foreign missionary societies. I believe the area
convention at Calcutta recently has had something to do with the new interest.
We are ah:o trying to get the Sunday School and Epworth League to take up
some new methods of work. I have been greatly interested in the effort that
is bein~ made to get older people to come to Sunday School and am hoping
some will read books on teacher training. Several books on this subject have
been loaned to us by Mr. E. L. King, Sunday School Secretary, and are being
examined by Sunday school workers for this purpose.
By joining the Women's Association of Cawnpore, Miss Hoge, Miss Childs
and I have gaiued an opportunity to meet the educated non-Christian women
of this city-an opportunity we have coveted. As a group these ladies are
charming, high minded and patriotic and are seeking opportunities for being
of use outside of their homes. At the last meeting the que.."tion arose, shall
women enter politics? The president, a lady with a B. A. degreeJ asked me to
tell what western women were doing. I spoke especially of the social service
work of the American club women and this was received with great interes~.
India ,is an intensely interesting place these days and it is a great privilege
to be here to see this new spirit in every body. We pray that we may be of real
help to the people in finding the right way, which we believe is Christ.
Hudson Memorial School, Cllwnpore
MiB. Hoge.
Another year has passed and we sit down to review the days and hours, and
the strength and prayer that have been put into the work of the a65 days now
passed into eternity.
One grows discouraged at times, but as we look around we see so many
be~Qtiful liv8$ and hea.r one afte:r another say, "I used to be in Cawnpore
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School"-or so'me other school-girls who are now- college graduates, doctOrs,
nurses, welfare workers, and in many other occupations. Some have been' to
England, some to America some have homes of their own with fine children
now in our schools and they themselves doing much for the advancement
of God,'s Kingdo n in this country. So we take courage and feel that it has surely been worth while.
This year we have a very fine staff of teachers. We have ten teachers and
all trained but one, and she h::ls finished two years of the college course and will
go back to finish and get her degree after teaching- a year or two. Our total
enrolmelt for the year has been 209. Our largest number at one time has been
156 with 140 boarders.
Many of our girls who bave left us still bplong to us as some of them have
passed the government examination and are now in higher schools supported
by us. Two are studying further hoping to go through the high school, two
are taking the teachers' training course in Gonda, two are in the'vocational
school in A1i~arh, two are taking the nurses' training in BareiIIy, one is in a vocational school in Cawnpore. Some are in other schools supported by their
parents .. Three are in Agra in the C. M. S. High School.
We had excellent results in the government examination last April. We
sent up eight and seven passed in the first dhision and one in the second division. Two of these girls won government scholarships and one has received a
Queen Victoria scholarship given locally and one a medal from the 'Queen Victoria
Association. We feel very happy over their successes.
Miss Barnes of the Epiphany School has charge of our girl guides with the
help of Miss Dharm Sewak, one of our teachers. We are so glad for Miss
Barnes' presence with the girls each week and her influence over them.
We have had excellent health since school opened in July. In April we suffered, as all Cawnpore did, from measles and chicken-pox. The inspectress of girls'
schools advised us to close early, so we commenced our summer vacation on
May 1st instead of the middle of the month.
We have been doing up our school hospital, painting all the woodwork,
tables; etc., white, and making many other improvements. The doctor in charge
said, "You' have made many improvements, but never have any oneill to occupy
it." We hope this will continue to be the case.
We have also made great improvements in our sanitary arrangements, putting in the automatic flush system in our hospital and servants' quarters and completing the one in the hostel. We are sure this will ensure better healtb.
We have been systematically placing ideals before the girls and we feel
that advancement has been made in their character$ and a desire for a higher
life is being created. A missionary society has been started and is 10 the charge
of one of our teachers. We are studying the lives of Indian men and women
who have given themselves in service for their "neighbours" in the fullest senSe
of the word.
The girls belp in a Sunday Sehool which we have started in a community
which lives just back of us, made up of the families of men who drive the tongas
(hired conveyances) in Cawnpore. These people are very enthusiastic over the
Sunday School and are anxious to have their children taught. If we can make
arrangements we will begin this work in the beginning of 1930.
We have four Mohammedans in our school now-two girls and two boys
The boys are only four or five years old and are so bright and sweet. We long
to see them brought into the fold of Christ. The father of two of them
is'a big contractor and the father of the other two works in the home of
the manager of cine of our big mills. We hope· we may reach their families
through them.
We have a dear little baby on our compound calJed the "mission baby" by
her father, who is our gardener. Two babies had come before but lived only a
short time, and as a consequence the mother was kept in strict privacy and
treated very badly as, according to Hindu thought, it was her fault. This time
we persuaded' the man to have his wife attended by the Welfare workers.
This was done and the liGtle girl is a year old now and is so fat and sweet and
dear that she is greatly loved by all. She rides around in a lit.tle cart made
bylier prbud father. The mother now has entire freedom and is treated well
by'· 'her husband. We feel that this has tau~ht him and the other non-Christiatlll
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living here that Christiall! have loving thought and gentle care for a11. It has
also shown them that the mother was not to blame but it was simply the Hindu
custom that caused the death of these other babies.
Every minute of one's time seems to be taken up with all the correspon.
dence, the Government and municipal communications to be answered, the
book keeping, seeing that the girls are well clothed, feed~ng up the. weak ones,
receiving callers, attending meetings on the church, calling on the sick, seeing
that the premises are kept clean and sanitary, seeing to repairs, teaching- a
Sunday School class of young men, attending to social obligations-one wonders
how it can all be done, but. "As thy day thy strength shall be," and the Father is
near to help over the hard places.
Girls' High School, Cawnpore.
Miss Whiting, Miss Dalrymple.
Miss Bragg left for fourlough in America on the last day of 1~28, and I
resumed the position of principal after an ab~ence of three and a half years.
Although the change of principals is a handicap to a School, yet with Miss
Dalrymple's continuance in charge of the educational work, we feel that there
bas been little break in the programme of work.
Although it is difficult to measure such intangible results as the success of a
school, yet we feel that thls has been a good year in every way. The enrolment
has averaged higher than that of last year, and there have been fewer withdrawals and admissions than for several years-therefore more continuous work
by those enrolled. The total enrolment for the year has been 197, of whom 67
were boarders, and 130 day-scholars. The compulsory withdrawal of boys before
thirteen years of age, and the transfer of many girls to hill schools for the sake
of better climate afford an explanation of the smal'er enrolment in the upper
classes. This year three seniors and five juniors sat for the Cambridge local
examinations.
Of last year's class, four of the five seniors passed. One received honours
from Cambridge University and was awarded a provincial scholarship of forty
rupees per month for three years' study in Woodstock College. Another has
completed a commercial course and is working in the French Consul's office in
Bombay, and the third is taking nurse training in a Bombay Hospital. The
fourth is co 1tinuing her studies privately for the Intermediate examination.
The music department is small this year, as there are not many pupils who
can afford the additl'Jnal fees. Sewing and cooking are now taught as a part of
the regular school course. The five upper classes have cookin~ once a week
and are learning many practical things. The sewing teacher teaches the sewing
in all classes above the third year and this enables her to unify the course so that
the girls are gaining a good knowledge of ordinary and fancy sewing. In the
same way, we have found it better to have special teachers for the Urdu
drawing, mathematics and his~ory of the upper classes.
'
Outside activities have been limited to the Girl Guides and Blue Birds, with
the enrolment of a small group of boys as Wolf Cubs. These have been directed
by ladies outside the school, and we appreciate their giving so much of their
time for the encouragement of our girls in these worth while activities. Two
lantern lectures were given for the girls during the year, and the preparation of
a cantata took a good dea] of the girls' spare time. The proceeds of the concert
netted nearly Rs. 250 for the benefit of the educational fund from which aid is
given to poor children.
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. We have a I\\' ays enjoyed good health on this large open compound, and the
recent alterations have made ~he dormitories and. other roo~s m~re air>, and
comfortable. We have apprecIated the new hospItal for the SIck girls, WIth its
room for isolation cases. However, we congratulate ourselves that there were
but three cases for the room during the year, and those were light cases of
German measles.
Miss Bragg carried through most succe.:sfully a good programme of building
and repairs which has put the school into very good condition. Most of the
money for this work was provided by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
and Government grants. The European Schools Improvement A ssociation very
kindly e-ave us Rs. 5,000 this year to complete payment on the hospital built last
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year. This has left a credit balance which is being: nppli,ed towards the rebuild·
iog of the servants' houses. Government has sanctioned the plans, and the
Inspector has promised to recommend a grant when funds are available, so with
the permission of the Board of Trustees, we have begun the buIlding at once.
In many former reports. we have had to say that the Schoo was in arrears
on current expenses. But I am happy to say that for several years we have
now been able to meet our bills while maintaining a high standard of education
and satisfactory bo uding arrangements. Of the daY·scholars all but four have
paid the full fees, and only one was entirely free. Of the boarders, thirty have
paid full fees, ten part fees, while twenty-seven have been entirely supported by
the school, except for small Government grants for eight of these children.'
The school receives sixteen scholarships from America, and the funds for the
rest are secured from the Children's Day offerings of the English-speaking
churches, donations, etc. '
Some of the children are orphans or with mothers working, so they cannot
go' home for the vacations. Last summer I spent the vacution months in the
school with these children, and thought the effort well worth while, as I was
thus able to give them ~ome " mothering" which they sadly need. Nine of the
thirteen girls were over fourteen, so they spent part of the time sewing and
studying. and I was glad to see them plan their hours for work without supervision. It amazes me to see how harmoniously these children from various
homes can live together, even in the hot dull days of our Indian summers.
All have their faults, but most of them are appreciative of this opportunity
of receiving an education and are endeavouring to live Christ·like lives. At it is
now sixteen years since my first appointment here, I have known most of the
girls since childhood, and enjoy keeping' in touch with them after they leave
school. One of the former orphan girls who is happily married shows her
gratitude by inviting other orphans to share her home at times. Last summer
she had two sixteen-year-old girls with her for the two months, and I rejoiced
that they could have a bit of real home life with such a wise and conscie'ntious
older friend. Another graduate who recently completed the Muttra Bible training school is now in charge of the home life of the girls in our school in Ajmer,
and was made a full member of the Indus River Woman's Conference at its
session last month. She is glad to give her life for the Indian girls, even though
she receives a much smaller salary than if she took a position in a European
school among her own grOup of people.
GONDA DISTRICT
Chambers Memorial Girls' School, Gonda.
As we look back over the year we wonder what we can report that will
be of interest? To try to know personally each of one hundred and fifty
ehildren and to look after their physical, mental and spiritual interests keeps
us busy. Life never seems dull or monotonous but as we look back over the
entire year there is not much that stands out as different from other years.
The examination results were good. Eight girls passed the Government
Middle School examinations. FIve went on to high school and three are in
our Normal Training Class. Seven normal training girls passed the
Government examination and all are teaching-three in cur own school.
Miss Lal, who went on furlough last year, passed the Matriculation examination and came out first in the Punjab. She is studying for her F. A. this
year in Isabella Thoburn College. Miss Sahae is on furlough this year.
Miss David has gone back to college to study for her B. A., Miss Christian
could not return on account of her health and Miss Noble took a post in
Government service. We were most fortunate in filling all these vacancies
with Mattie Trained and F. A. girls. Misses Stephens, Peters and DaBS ,have
the Normal Training work and Misses Phillis, Singh and Hari Narain have
the three upper classes in the middle school. All l:Jeven jWlior teachers are
trained and aU but one were trained in our own training class. They are
doing very satisfactory work.
Because the Hudson Memorial School in Cawnpore had become so crowded,
we took over ten of their orphan girls this year. We a) so have a number of
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from a C. M. S. school in Jaunpur which is being rebuilt. All these children
coming in from other schools has brought up our number up to 160. Full fees
are paid for children from other missions but we receive very smal1 if any
fees from the others, so we are finding it a bit difficult to make ends meet.
On the whole the health of the school has been good. Miss Eveland hap
typhoid in February. She had good care in the Balrampur Hospital in
Lucknow and recovered without any complications. Tnree girls were sent
to Tilaunia in September with tuberculosis. We do not think any of them
contracted the disease in the school but it makes us feel more than ever that
the girls must be kept up to standard weight so that they will be able to fight
against tuberculous contagion.
The children have surperviRed games several times a week. The guide
work is being continued. At Piyagpur, about twenty-five miles from Gonda,
is the largest lake in the U. P. It is about three miles long and is partly
covered covered by lotus flowers. In October we took the first and second Guide
Companies to see this lake when the lotus were in bloom. We stayed over
night- and had quite a jolly time in addition to getting in some work.
We have the joint cabinet system in the Epworth League this year i. e.
we have students for officers with older people as advisors for each. In the
Junior League all the officers are children with a teacher as superintendent.
A junior church was organised in August. The pastor has charge and the
meetings are held in the church. The older girls made the first book s, writing
in the order of worship and the songs. Now the older children in the
junior church are writing their own. They are very proud of their books
and enthusiastic in their preparation for taking part in the service.
This year we have the smallest girls In a separate dormitory under closer
supervision than before. They have made some wonderful creations in the way
of mud houses and furnishings for them.
We have been trying to keep the teaching of ideals they have had before
them by giving each girl a quarterly grade in ten qualities, includin,{ such as
honesty, cleanliness, obedience, peacefulness, helpfulness, etc. They are far
from perfect in these virtues but we like to think .thpre is some improvemtlnt
and we ask your prayers for them that they may come closer to the Christian
ideal in all these things.
LUCKNOW DISTRICT
Lucknow Zauana Report
Mrs. Tweedie.
As I look back over the months since last Conference there seem to have
been many interruptions. This year Ramazan, the Moslem month of fasting
came just at the time when we shift our programme of work to the early
morning. In addition to the fact that the day is spent in fasting is the fact
that the night is spent more or less in cooking, eating and reading of prayers.
Even the children, excited by the nightly noise and goings on are too weary
to give attention to lessons when we arrived in -the early morning. Often
w.hen we arrived for lessons, the entire household was still asleep and the house
up side down from the night's feasting.
In July when we returned from the summer vacation we found a great
deal of sickness in the city. Influenza and malaria and in some sections cholera
and plague were prevalent. Had it not been for the fact that it was my last
opportunity to visit the houses before going on furlough I wOLlld have closed
the work for an additional month. However, the work ended well in sPite of
these hindrances. In the ZQ,nana work we this year set a definite goal fur each
pupil This goal was reached with a larger number than I had antici,ated ..Eight
Bible stories in a series were given for the pupils to learn by the end of October.
At the end of August when I gave over .the work thirty-six pupils had completed
the learning of these stories in addition to the regular lesson." and a number had
but one or two remaining to be learned. Much credit must be given to the
assistant and. teachers who made every effort to bring this to pass.
Among the other lines of advance I notice that there is less and less
objection to the owning and readin.5 of Bible portions, and to the memorizing
of BibJe stories. I find that parents are more ea&er to send their girls ·to
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the avaiiable schools. More of the 8maller children would be sent if the parenti
could afford the necesEary clothing and conveya'nce. We no longer find as
much objection to hospitals. Our religious and doctrinal language may be
difficult for them to unoerstand, but the Christian hospital talks a language
that leaveR no doubt in their hearts. I have heard the story many times from
women who have been persuaded'to go to hospital or whose men have finally
decided to take them. They tell of the skill in the hand of the doctor who
prays. They tell how they went suffering and longing to die and returned
weH and with new. hope and confidence. I notice too a growing desire for
good reading material-a desire which it is hard to satisfy because of the
paucity of such material.
Most of all I notice year by year a new awareness of themselvel'l as
personalities. With the awakening of the Eaft, Moslem women arp also
awaking; and I am certain that. the near future will mark many changes
among them, for they are searching for elemental values. And in this new
awakening surely God has given us a task and opportunity and we pray that
God who knows the end from the beginning may guide us in directing these
new aspirations to the best good of all.
Christian Mohalla Work
Mrs. Peters.
Our work is usually confined to Christian women. We visit the homes of
the poor and the middle classes.
The poor are mostly of the servant class and are illiterate, bt:t the glad
tidings of the Gospel reaches them in no less degree than these who are literate.
Great pains and care have been taken' in approaching them at least once every
fortnight to teach them orally, not only Bible stories, but the Lord's Prayer,
the Creed, the Ten Commandments, etc. but also the principles of domest:c
hygiene, temperance al"d child-welfare. Thus our literate and illiterate women
have made a marked progress, both spiritually and physically during the past
yearThe method adopted in teaching them varies in the case of individual classes.
'Ihe illiterate are helped to memorise portions of the Bible suited to every-day
life. Although this task is very difficult-in some cases with women whose
memory is weak, it needs Job's patience to sit with them and repeat a verse
not only many times over, but for many days, to complete one single passage
and yet with little satisfaction, nevertheless with all their failures, credit must
be giwn to what they have learnt so far by oral teaching, and many can
repeat the portions without any mistakes. We mak~ the literate women brin~
their own Bibles and read the selected lessons. ThIS has made them use theIr
Bible daily and also to keep it carefully.
In times of sickne~s we have often been with them at their beck and call;'
ministering to them with whatever medical and spiritual help we could render.
Most of these women did not know what a rea\ Christian life is. It was largely
due to the fact, that they di.d not have enough of teaching and also because they
live in neighbourhoods surrounded by non-Christians by whose influence they
are easily led, many a time we have found them joining their festivals and
other social activities. But I am glad to say that our constant going among
them has helped these people to understand their mistakes and we have found
them more eager to come to churCh and other meetings .
. During Easter we have all the poor women toge~her and have a little programme in which they take part and also occasionally show them slides on the
life of Christ with the help of the magiC lantern.
During Christmas we collect money from our better class lay WOmen of our
Church to give the poor a Christmas treat which they have appreciated very
much.
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It is a pleasure to seethem corne to church neat and tIdy on the Christm8!'l
morning. Poor as they are. they 'like to dress themselves and their children
with new clothes.
It is with deep satisfaction that we find that many of our illiterate
and poor Christians have learnt to realize that Christ is their Saviour and
S~lvation.
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;,: : ,We have sent fout' boys and girls to our. district schoJi. ThreC', ::;ir:s,v:lO
'~~'fl'<aSp~9 their, Mid~le~,xa,mination-we.re helped~o join thg nu'r.sf.''';' tr.ll.1lng. We
'.. eep,m ,tollch wIth t~ese young gIrls by gO,mg to them ?rJce a month and
,. oiding 'a 'Bible Class for them. We go and visit the hospItals also and take
flowers for the Rick ones.
In conclusion I wish to say that we have great hopes for the future and I
know God is gomg to help us. Please remember us in your prayers.
, Deacone:;s ',Home, Lucknow
Ga.ntze1'.
1 had a lovely time of r2st and enjoymerit during my year of furlough,
most of which was spent in Ranikhet. It ended at Darjeeling- and a long,
enjoyable motor trip from Calcutta to Lllcknow. This year in addition to the
Deacones!;:' Home I w~s given th·~ , listrict even~eli::;tic work.
1 was not able to itinerate th" first six weeks of the year as there were
visitors constantly in the Home. I did agood deal of visitirlg in the homes. of
the reopie who attend our En~Ii'h Church ~nd in a number of hom2s ""here
they attend no church. Having noj(risiting pastor this year I was frequently sent
for In times of illneEls and sorrow.
Our annual Dasehra meetings were held at the heginning of-October and
Dr. ~. Stanley JOnes had charge of the morning and evenmr service., which
were a great hplp and blessing- to many. There were other helpful speakers
also.
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The rainy season was vt~ry. unhealthy as we had pleague, malaria, cholera,
etc. prevalent, so I was constantly at th~ hospitals and III the ho,nes of the
people who were ill. ¥y <:ar has !)~en a gr2at boon, as m'lny a sick -per30n ha-:;
been hken to the hospItal in comfort.
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Fortv-nine visitors have sta.yed in this Hom? th:s Y2ar, and !'evcrd.lhad
to be refused wh~n I was out in th~ district.
A man who has partially lost the :lo8e of his iimos and who med to be a
very regular 'attendant at our English ch'lrch was brought to sev.:!rai special
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: ~ervices in my car.
I am grateful for the privilege of rendering ,any help in this Home or in the
homes of the con munity I work among.
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Evan:~elistic
Work.
After an absence of four years from the district I was given the evangelistic work again, and, having a.car, I am able to carryon this work in addition
to my other work in Ll,lCknow.
I am not able to get Ol'l;t into ..tents as In past yean, so , put up in dak
bungaJows for two weeks at a time. As the roads arc ~ood it j" e:lSj to ~et
back:.~ to attenrl to the work at headquarters
I began itinHating during the second week of Febr;larv and kept on, back
and forth"from the district to Lucknow, till vacatio!) time. In the villages
around Barab~nki I found much improvement In one village there were "even
men reading the Bible, and one man h~d started writ;ng the Bible in Urdu,
beginning from Genesis He was so interested in his study of the Billie that
when I moved fourteen miles away he came to talk with me i~ regard to the
things of the Kingdom.' Thef!e men are land ownerfl and farmers and have a
g()cd standing ::;mong their community. This man who visited me t\vice says
'he, is teaching his wife, and w hen she is ready.they will be baptized It was
very unfortuna te that both times I visited this village thp wife was a way at
her father's home. The preacher is enthJsiastic and has a Bible class with these
Hindu men and they aU like him.
Where, the preachers and their w:ves really have a deep interest in the
I-eople, we· ,have a yery warm welcome to their h')mes. In villages to the
no:rth of the district women of Hindu homes have come or sent for US to pray
/.for thE-ir Sick ones. Last spring I stayed in a small bungalow close to an
Indh:n official\; horne where some women an,l children were ill. As long a'~
"),,,as there the women of this horre sent the preacher's wifl' to ask me to com('
and have prayers with them., Imst month I was at the same place and We
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sent for.to pray fOl a man who was ill in a nearby villa2"e.
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The preachers' wives have enjoyed the books that were given out for
reading and Borne of them came back for more. I am glad to be back in this
needy work, and the welcome I received all around' has made me very
happy.
Lucknow Zenana Work
I have had charge of the zenana work since Se:ptember, and all I have
been able to do is to keep the books, pay the salaries, and direct the work.
With the Dasehra meetings, Calcutta Convention, and two weeks of itinerating, I have not had time to visit in the homes of the zenana women The only
thing I would like to add to Mrs. Tweedie's report is that two of our teachers,
Mrs. Stratton and Mrs. Hernbrom, stood firat and second, in the examinations
held at the Bible Teachers' Institute at Cawnpore in August where 56 women
attended for a fortnight's study. The Bible teachers are faithful and seem to
love their work
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RAE BARELI DISTRICT
Mrs. Finch.
In the beginning of the year plague broke out in the district and molested
our work, so we had to close it for sometime at Rae Bareili, Unao, Safipur,
Purwa and Sataon. But at other places which were not affected by it the Bible
women continued the visiting and the teaching as usual.
As it was undesirable to close the work longer so w.e instructed all our
workers to have themselves inoculated at their respective places by the doctors
who were sent out for this purpose by the Government Medical Department.
We, the workers at Rae Bareli, got inoculated first at the Sudder Dispensary
and on rEceiving my instructive letters the, others did the same and after some.time the work was resumed as usual but we were particular in going to affected
homes. We visited Christians and non-Christians in several places and advised
them to pray daily to God and ask of the travelling doctor through your husbands
to inoculate yoa and you will be safe from the plague but be very careful in
living. eating and cleanlinE'ss.
We have two duties-the first is to take care of our Christian sisters and
the second is to visit and teat"h the non-Christian women. But our Christian
sisters are scattered and it is not an easy work to visit and teach them. Our
Bible women go out to the places along with their husbands which 'are a mile
off or a little more but to the distant viHages they do not and requeElt their
ht.shar;ds to collect girls and women with men and teach them.
The Lon-Christian women receive us very gladly and are anxious to learn
handwork from us. They like also to hear, us on temperance, and health and
hygiene alid different interesting stories. We perceive it a tremendous opportunity and never fail to introduce Jesus Christ the Saviour of the world through
the topics mentioned above. Once I went to a house with two Bible women and
the inmates offered us a Khatola (A small low bed) to sit on. We thanked
them for it and or:ened the Gospel and resd to them. "And, behold, they brought
to him a sick of palsy, lying on a bed; and Jesus seeing this faith said unto the
sick of the palsy; "Son be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. Arise, take
up thy bed, and go unto thine hOLlse. And he arose, and departed to his house."
Some of them are very fond of singing,so we sing before them Matt. 9: 2,6, 7
Gazals and I:Jhajans from our hymn book and according to it we read Bible
portion and expound it to them.
Whenever we hear of some one ill we visit her and then by her permission
we read out to her such a portion of the Bible which is about the healing, this
gives her a great relief and comfort and they appreciate our visit with thanks. "In
the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou
Imowest not whether shall prosper, whether this or tha~, or whether they both
shalll:e a like good," Ecc. 11: 6.
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There are in the entire distt'ict, Christian women in the full, membership
of the ch'lrch two 'lundred and thirty-four and three hundred and 'ninety-nine"
as probatioDers who live at ninety-three different places and are gi\TE!D Christian
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teaching. They J.. now the Saviour and are getting strong i.n faith and growing
in the knowledge of their salvation. They are uneducated and simple minded
but free from Idol worship and the superstitions, In fields and at houses they
~ing Christian Hhaians and give thanks before eating their meals. Some of
them can recite the ten commandments, the Lord's Prayer, and the Apostles
Creed and those who live near the central places attend the Sunday :::;er vice and
go back to their respective places in the evening. They become very gl.ld when
they get time to go mto the house of the Lord.
There have been dnring the year fifty-three baptisms but we are not
satisfied for we 'would do more if we could shepherd them propet'ly. Od1'
district conference was a session of rich and abundant blt>ssings. T!1e reports
were encouraging and showing our Bible women did better tha.n the last year,
We were equipped with new strength, vision and asplrd.Lion ani hope' and pray
to do more in the coming year for the Master who says, "Fe:!r no::, l am with
thee."
The Official Visit
Bishop Fisher \ isited the Unao alld the Safipur circuits at the end of
March. He sawall the Christians in Unao and according to the programme
the children recited the ten cammandments, the Lord's Pr<lyer, tho .-\ postle~
Creed and the Beatitudes before him.
After thi!:; he proceeded t.o Satip:ll"
where the Christians Were waiting for him with a nice and short programm2
made out for the occassion. It was well carried O..lt and at the close t.he
untired dear Bishop exhorted. the audience, "Pray without ceasing," and
afterwards pronounced the benediction and returned to U nao at night inhal:ng
and ~melling dust all through the way as the road was very rough and bad
owing to the traffic via Unao to Cawnpore on the bullock CdrtS, horses and
camels and motor lorries.
TIRHOOT DISTRICT
City and District Zenanll Work
Mrs. Lorenzo
I am exceedingly delighted to present my report for one year more, which
has been utilised for t.he extension of God's Kingdom. No doubt we have to do
much for this great cause, but thanks to God that by his blessing we have done
whatever we could and served Him with our best efforts
Evangelism
'During the year the evangeliStic work was done in the district and the city
of Muzaffarpur with good results. I visited a good m'loy places and helped
the zenana workers. Nearly in all the villages and mohallas people take
pleasure in hearing the Gospel of the Lord. They learn Bible stories, catechism
and bhu,jans. I am pleased to mention that in some of the homes, where we
work, the non-Christian women and girls sing our Christian bhuinns on the
occasion of their festivals, and request us to pray for them in cases of sickness.
There is hardly any house out of the hundreds, where our city Bible readers go
to work, in which there is not a Bible or a New Testament or a Gospel portion.
These are the houses of respectable non-Christians and our books are carefully
read and respectfully kept in their homes. As usual our Bible readers did
splendid work on the occasion of melus. They sold gospel portions, distributed
tracts and boldly preached the Word of God. I am glad I also could avail myself of such opportunities.
M iBri07fary Meetings
We are holding missionary meetings every two months. Some of our members
have made good use of the earthen pots sent by Miss Hutchens and have
collected a good sum. The work of this meeting has been extended this year.
the members having underta.ken the· sewing work in or.der to help the War~e
~b1_Fold,
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Te-·mpcrance
We also hold temperance meetings e tary a:t3t'nJ.Ge mo.lth. bllt its. members
make it a point to te'lch temperance at every moment available for this good
work. Our day and S~lnday SC'lOO] pupils. men and womel of' all classes, hwe
been given the book of "Ha ,·idasi" a'ld shown temperance pictures by means of
a magic lantern. The impression of the teaching was very strongly feit, ar d
requests were mud,: for repetitions oft;is pictare show. A good many women,
whose husbands have been in the habit of drin'dng, made resolutions that they
wWl!d try their best to prevent theil' husb:.t lds from using intoxicants. ·A
dU:lation of ten rupees was sent by the members of this meeting to the Tilaunia
Sanitorium this year.
New Wm'k
We have opened a day school of about a dozen children at the ColumbIa
whic:1 is behg c01ducted by a clever te::lcher. who is also working in the
city as <1 Bible reader. Kindergarten telching is imparted in this sl'hool find
it is a;most of the same sta:1dard as a ki'1dergarten class of an Vernacular High
School. It is attended by the children of laymen and p~·e::1.~'1ers.We have also
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opened four npw Sunday schools in Mllzaffarpur city.
{( of hi
/'Jisfriet (~onferen("e
Our distl'ict confere 'ce was held from second to thirteenth October and
atte'1ded both by male a HI female workers. T.1is 'ynr the HuJw. (last rains
of Bihar) st·uted frqm.thc very beginning of the Con.ference and the sun was
not visible for about ten days, but we carried out our programme with full
zeal and completed the whole \\ ork with a spirit of love, encouragement and
power. We also had the privilege of the visit of Bishop and Mrs. Fisher dm;"il'g
the conference days. They gave us inspiring meSS:-lges and rea Ily benefited the
Confer ence with their presence .
.fU(,lrS·ilI Memorial ChuTch, Muzaffarp'Lt1'
Our church building at Muzaffarpul' is nearing \'om!Jletion, and hld there
not been pec~niary difficulties, it could have b':~1: t'c.ldy for the wOl'ship of God
long before. Your help in prayer and money is greatly needed a.nd ..~Jrnestly
invited, as it is the pressing requirement of Muzaffarpu"-a big mission
centre in Bihar.
What·i. the effect nf mi8.~ion(try work ·in india?
The present Indian awakening is mostly due to the mISSIOnary work·r;in
fndia. The followers of every religion are showing activities. wh:ch gives ~s a
harder ground to sow the s.eed of the Gospel and requires us to be more alert
tron ever. Howe\er. this awakening has also prepared unprejudiced minds
to rldmiie Christianity and when they study it their eventual decision is to love
Christ and acknowledge Him.the only Saviour. During the year such feelings
were noticeabJe among a few non-Christian ladies, but their familv connections
have been great obstacles in their ways. We earnestly pray to God· that a way
may be opened for such enquirers.
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In conclusion I may state that the absence of Mr. Lorenzo from the distnct
has increased my responsibilities, but thanks to G~d I have ~eenllble to face everything with success. Mr. A. H. McGee, the actI~g supermtendent,. has carried
out hIS work in an abl~ manner .. He and the a~tmg p~stor, \1r. P. ~ Gardner,
both have been exceedmgly helpful to me and WIsely gUlded me m solVIng all the
difficult problems connected .wIth our work.
Mohalla SchOOls Muzaffarpur.
M·iRS Sheldon
It has been very gratifying considering 'the thr€e months I wo.rked tnere in
th::~ mol,iilln schools. Every. ~orning- two ~e ,c.·ers and ~ went out at eight
(/dock retuning at twelv~-rhlr~y, af~er.spendlng two ~O'll'S ~n e'lCh of th· two
NI;,Ii(Jl'as. In the three ~onths worl, t[)Ct'e some of tne chil.dren wer«:~eglD.-.
ning to read from .their t~rd book, f!1osf,oE t~em (:ill except . too, .lreri.;p~(lr~tr
had completed theIr "Kah De8~ MaMa bJol{s. We had cL.lssas 1.1 tLndl l·dJ.d-
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'lng, writing, arithmetic, hygiene, and Bible, with paper folding, clay modell~g,
etc., for the Ijttlest ones. One class was held for mothers -sometimes sewIng,
1:;ometimes temperance, and sometimes child care was taught The children
tooj.{ great pride in cleaning up for SChool.
. We had ~unday sehoal out there evel'.v Sunday with classes for children, for
men, and for women. The teachers from the gir!s' school taught the classes.
At Easter tinieGood Friday services were held and pictures frpm the life of
CIll'ist were shown; there was a great crowd there, and our own laymen who
went along to help said the order and attention were remarkably good
Onert>sllit of the work out there was the fact that there have been three
Chri-tian burj,lls; Men, women and children have been coming into our church
here. They sent three little girls into school here, Muzaffarpur, this fall but
they got homesick for them I guess, so took them horne one last Saturday and
tf'ey bave r.ot returned.
We got severa 1 people to go to the hospital for treatment. One little boy
and his m&~ her st~yed for a Imost six weeks in the hospital, and the little boy's
life WaS saved-a wonderful recovery.
.. Had it not been for my languJge study, my work out there would have been
continued Hgcdn this fall and I could have encouraged them to have let their
little girls remain, but I could not go out.
I feel this work was very much worth while and a great deal, (in fact, most
of it) of the success is due to Mr. Singh, the W. F. M. S. worker, who was one
of my teachers
: God wonderfully blessed every effort, and it was a great joy to see the
improvement.
Iudiana Girls: School
·Miss Smith, Miss Sheldon.
Greetings! After a year's furlough spent in rest, study, and delightfu I
fellowship wi h belovej rehtives and friends, both old ;lnd new, my heart reo
joiced la:st Oct.ober upon returning to the uS..lal sce.les and sounds of India. IndIa
with all its sickness, s::.rrow a'ld sin still pleads piteo.Is!y for self-forgetful servers and richly rewards with love all who seek to firld and develop the good
(sometimes dormant) in every htl,nan behg The return, not only to fascinating India, but especially to beautiful Muzaffarpur with its old friends and school
girls, produced a rea'ization of delight similar to that of greeting one's home
folk Bfter a term of separation.
Because of ill health Miss Whitcomb p:oceedei on furlough in America soon
after my retl.rn. Since most of her first term in lndi~ was spent in Muzaffarpur
she will long be remembered here. Miss Sh~ldon, who came to India and was
appointed to Muzaffarpur in December, 1927, spent her first eight months in
language school. Since that time she has given generously and sweetly of her
time and ability. All who know her love her.
School W(!S closed for the usua I summer vacation from the middle of May
until the sixth of .Iuly, thus giving teacher;; and girls a rest during the extreme
heat. The vacation waS especially welcome this year as we had suffered from
an epidemic of chicken-pox dliring April and May. The disease took a much
more severe form here than is usudl in America. Several of the twenty-two
girls who were sick ran a fever of 104 or 105 degrees for two or three days.
After a few wee'(S all recovered, are now in good health and are happy to write
you their annual letters which could not be written at the usual time. They hope
that some of the 366 little gifts mlde by the girls and teachers of this school
for the sixtieth anniversary will fall into your hands.
Up to the time of the epidemic of chicken-pox the health was excellent and
the attendance at school was almost perfect. The visiting nurse carefully examined each girl and prescribed for ellch ailment. This year 67 per cent of the
gir]s were in the "0. K " group whereas, there were 53 per cent in that group at
the former eX&'llin:ttion. Under Miss Sheldon's able leadership the girls practised jumping, running, skipping, ball-throwing and long walks until they
were so well prepared for the conference athletic contest that they came out
first of all in this year'sc ontest. It would be difficult to find happier girls than
these when the report was announced that their total score was far above that
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of any other school in the conference. They knew that tqey had worked hard
and rejoiced in their well-deserved victory. Not only did they win, the Conference Shield but they have learned something of the value of self-c~)Dtrol and
eo-operation.
Some money sent by kind friends has been: used to- make see-saws. Ou'tside of school hours these are nearly always occupied by happy laughing girls
who of course do things contrary to the ways of the West; in'stead of facing one
another they sit with their backs towards one another, or at times lie full length
on the planks placidly gazing skyward after the manner of the meditative East.
The sincere, HThank you" for the see-saws, the Christmas boxes with their toys,
doUs, and kindergarten handwork is hearty enough even if it cannot ~e heard
half .way round the world.
We have rejoiced in the spiritual growth of several girls. One girl who had
been perplexed for several months has at last had her misunderstandings cleared
away and the way of knowing Christ made so clear that her face is filled with happiness and peace. A group of one teacher and six girls returned from an Epworth
League Institute with a fuller understanding of the meaning of Christianity and
have been leaders in the spiritual life of the League, Sunday School and school.
OUT Indian pastor has won the confidence and admiration of all who knovy him.
His sermons, prayers and life inspire and influence each of us to nobl~ living.
He has made the Thursday evening prayer meetings so interesting that the
girls are eager to attend and take an active part.
.
During' the winter we have had several guests who came either for a bit of
rest in this big, far-away, quiet place or were here on some duty. Almost all of
t.hem speak of three characterist:cs noticeable in our girls, namely, happiness,
cleanliness and a fine spirit. We believe that our guests are sincere and rejoice
that this little family of girls are growing up to help India. When we contrast
these with their untouched and almost untouchable sisters .in . the many vi1l~es
rou~d about we reverently repeat. "What hath God wrought!" However, none
of these changes in attitlldes and lives would have been brought about without
th~ money which you send to India and the prayers you send to the Father of
your brown-skinned little sisters of India. We gratefully thank you and pray
t~t the Father's ,presence may be very real to each of you always.
Inter-Oonference Reports
ISABELLA THOBURN COLLEGE, LUCKNOW
Miss ShQ,1!:non, Miss Wheat: Miss Tkoburn, of Vucknow Conference
Last year's report sent to you during my absence must have brought you all
up to the middle of the year. From Christmas until the end of April each year
two great events stand out. the meeting of the Board of Governors and the
annual examinations. There are of course the regular college events, Sports
Day, Founders' Day, The Golden Circle, farewell parties, and many special
occasions.
.
Because of my -return from America the meeting of the Board of Governors
was delayed until April so that it might be held after my arrival. The. Board
met on the sixth of April and Dr. Eno, concluding her year as officiating principal.
gave a splendid report. It seemed too bad that anyone should return and make
a break in an administration which had been so effective and satisfactory, but
Dr. Eno had her mind definitely made up not to remain in the college ·any
longer. In just one month after the meeting of the Board we realized that
there was a reason-a reason which IS of course known throughout India by
this time .. We rejoice to have ,hoc with us in the sense that she is still in Lueknow and we may call upon her for all those many services which she can render
so beautifully and wtllch she does render so willingly to the college.
The second great event, the examinations, proved as successful as usuaL
In the University examinations one girl failed in the B. Sc. and one·was placed
in the compartmental class in the B A., but one girl was placed in first diviSion,
which is a distinction won by very few University candidates up to the present
time. In the Intermediate thirty-four passed out of thirty-eight presented. and
two of these were in the first division, one in art~ and one in sciencf:'. Both
training departments, the Diploma in Teaching for graduates and the English
Teachers' Certificate for under-graduates, passed entire.
The new year, which opened in July, brought us a very interesting group of
students. There has been this year a noticeable return of old students, not quite
literally old but students who have been out of college eight or ten years and are
now back for further study. One of them has humourously dubbpd the crowd
'the gray sisters.' . The amazing thing is that out of the whole group of eight OT
ten such students there is not a single misfit. Some of them, having had their
training and having taught for all of these years, have come back as freshmen
to find themselves under the chaperonage of former pupils of theirs, but they
have accepted matters of that kind as the good joke which they really are, and
have fitted into the student body in a most SUrprisingly satisfactory way. The
enrollment at the beginning of the year was one hundred and forty, the larg~st
we have had with(lut the high school classes. There has been the usual falling
off but the number has not seriously altered.
It is difficult to know what to report to the conferences year after year
giving the essential news about the college and yet avoiding repetltion. Perhaps
thoi:1e who live at a distance and ~o not see the,college frequently will be interested to know how certain moot questions of a few years ago are workmg out.
There was, for instance, the question of the wall. We never hear it mentioned
any more because with tht! hedges grown up about the place and the screen of
vines on the cover~d w1/Jly-B completely secluding the inner 9uadrangle, we do not
appear to be naked and exposed to the public view as we dId in those days when
the question was under discussion. The trees, too, are growing rapidly and in a
few years more the place will lose its raw look and we shall seem to belong here
as much as we have ever belonged anywhere else.
Another question which has often been raised with reference to the college
is h~w our Christian young men and young WOmen can have opportunity of
becoming acquainted :in ways that are sufficiently safeguarded to give the advantages of-suehproeedure without great attendant dan~ers. We feel that We are
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making at least a beginning toward the solution or" that question with tho
University Christian Union. It was organized last year and while I was not
here I am told that the first meeting was exceeii 19ly painful It in~luries
students of the j'lI1ior and senior classes of this college and the young men of the
same classes who are living h the -University hostel of Lucknow Cliristian College. Meetings are held about once a morith and they have been thus far purel\'
social. It was very difficult in the ~rst meeting or two for the young people to
forget the newness of the situation, but the two meetings which I have attended
since I came back have m'lde me feel that it woulli be difficult to find a group of
young people anywhere who can have a better social time together with greater
ease and decorull' than this group does. Some teachers are alw' ys present in
the meetings and V'e opimon of the Whole ~taff is that t he venture has proved
itself well worth while to continue. The urgent demand on the part of the
'young men for a similar organization of intermediate students has not met with
our approval. A girl has a very wide gulf tp bridge between high 'school and
college without adding tms complicat;on to that stage Of her life, arid we fe-el
that for the present at least what we have done is sufficient.
,
Two statenlents ahout marriage which are common ly made with .refel·encl~
to the college may interest you if the word comes directly from us. In' the five
years I have been in India I have nor been in any large group where' theeducation of' women was discussed without hearing it said that the Christian g,;rls of
Isabella Thoburn College were marrying non-Christian men. The statement has
been disproved time after time but there is something so fascinating about it
that it will not down. It therefore seems a good idea to me just to say in this
report to the conferences that I believe in the whole history of the college -there
have been two such cases and both of these, jf I am correctly informed, were
sanctioned and planned by the parents of the girl~ concerned. although both are
ancient:history and I have no persona lknowledg-e of. the cir'Cumstances. The
other statement about marriage is that the girls from here do notmarrv. Th.:'t'e
ismo1'e truth in that than I wish th~re were and yet it ;s not altogetlrer true
Within the lal:!t month I have eaten the wedding c,tke of two sturlents of thj~
college and-one teacher. I am looking forward to being inVited to 8"loth~r wedding
withing t-he next month or so, while two other weddings h:av€ taken phc:! where
eake was not served. What I want you to see is that we are 'not quite hopeless
in this regard.
TheRe may seem strange things to you to put into a coBege report hut l am
quite aware that many 'of you are more intereste1 in things of this kind than you
are in mere statistical figures, which you would bear and forget before you left
the'room. We would appreCiate it very greatly if some of you who ate' in the
conferences and have no touch with the college except throu\!h' thege
reports ot through a vi~it' Ol'lce ;n a few decades would write to us
and let us know what kind of questions are in you,' minds about the
college, I know there are some very curious ones because ab6ut two
years ago I found a member of a woman's conference to which Our annual
reports go who was actually Jabouring uncler the impression thl1t English dres~
was compulsOry for all 'students ill Isabella Thoburn College. 1 l Nhen I ree~n a
few things like that I feel 'almost helpless as I face the blank sheet~ on which a
report is to be written, and I wish that we might'have more'fellowship, we
bere and you at a distance, in th:s important and difficult ~t Of the work of the
K1.ngdom. Our problems arid yours differ at many points but unless We ,solve
ours- in the guidance of the Spirit yours will be more involved. We meet rrmst
Often through those -\l..·ho go out from us to you. Many o'f the'n'bave" the ..rea!-.
desire to' serve and we want to know how best to help them ma.ke-their service
count for most.
'
,
, l8abellaThoburn,CoUege sends greetings. May th€work of your handS pr(jls><
per and the Kingdom grow under your care and ministry.
•.
"
,
LAL BAGH GIRLS' SCHOOL, LUCKNOW' "
Miss Lawre7lce, Miss Hutchens, of Luckn,ow Conrerenc~,;, " '-',
-,A'student body of 335, ranging inaJre from:four Yea.Nto,twenty,a.ni astaff of .twenty-two constitute the Lal Bagh Gids' Sc~ol.Both are s'roject
to, frequent ·changes in~sonnel ,but these c.hang.esa~e often ,~~ result 'ply
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moving on to places of greater opportunity or a wider service. A new kindergarten class of thirty-five entered this year, a seventh class of twenty-four
entered after having passed the Girls' Middle Examination and five entered
the eighth class from our girls school in Meerut. The largest numbers are
admittedin those classes but a number come into other clasBes too.
Our immigration proble'n is a large one or rather the problem of adju~tment
that follows. I think sometimes how it would simpJify matters if everyone
came at thE' beginning and stayed to the end. We teach English. Urdu and
Hindi and there are always a few among our nurnbers who must learn two
new languages. One small Tamil boy entered our third class without any
language, useable here, excevt a sign languare of h s own, but in three years
he acquired a knowledge of English and Hindi and passed the third and fourth
classes creditab!y.
A class of twelve was sent up fer the High School Examination in April
last. Ten passed, four in the second division and six In the third. The two
who failed are preparing to appear again, and of the. ten who passed, four
are studying for the F. A. examination, three are taking the Normal Training
Course, two are teaching anti one was married soon after taking her examination. A class. of fourteen are preparing for the examination thiS
year.
Large classes enter seventh but the numbers are always considerably
reduced by the time they reach the tenth. Some who have not had the
preparation necec;sary or who find the transfer to English unusually difficult,
soon drop out, some stop at the end of seventh or eighth to take Normal
Training or Nurse Training and some fail and are withdrawn The Educational
Secretary, on a VIsit to the school In September, distributed the badges of the
Anjuman-i-Kamyabi, which are given for successful work and out of the
ninth and tenth class group of forty-two there were onh two who did not
rect-'ive a pin, for eIther the primary or midile section and quite a number
had passed without failure from first to "'ighth. This revealed the fact that
those who are continuing on through the high school are those who did good
work in the lower classes, and it made me feel more than ever the importance
of good teaching, which means good teachers, m the lower grades.
We should not, however, minimise the value of the three years of work
in seventh and eighth to those who are with us for those years but ar~ not
able to go on through high schooL We too often measure results by Government examinations passed, and we need in our planning and in our appraisal
of results to consider such factors as moral and cultural influences, habits of
study and the aDpreciation of truth and beauty. which are part of three years
of life and work in among a group of girls of high school age. How potent
such influences will be it is for us to determine and the bUilding of character
is a large part and an important part of our work.
The last two years we have carried on discussion groups on ideals and
.standards with' the high school girls and boarders of the lower classes. So
far we have not gotten much beyond the fundamentals of honesty, truthfulness
and obedience, but we do feel that it has been quite worth while and that
the girls are thinking more clearly along these lines and beginning to set their
own standards in some things instead of following the crowd.
Our total enrollment so fa~ ~his yea~ is 335; of these 39 are Hindus,
21 Mohammedans and 275 Christian. WIth reference to classes, '142 are
in the Kinder6"arten and Lower Primary, 63 in classes three to five and
130 in the high school group. Boarders number 164 and comprise the larger
number of our high school group, for Primary folk are mostly day scholars.
As usual our high school students have come from a wide area and from a
number of schools. Of the 130 on our rolls this year, 47 have come up from
our own lower classes and 83 have come to us from fifteen schools, after
passing the girls middle examination. The largest number from anyone
school is eleven.
Our health record this year has been good, and considering the unusual
amount 'of fever in the city we 'have had very little. We were very glad
to have Dr. Mayadas with us a month, in which time she examined all the
boarders. We found most of the girls in good condition, and were glad to be
able to check up on minor troubles revealed in the examination.
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Our most difficult problem has been the financial one. How to add the
binth and tenth classes to a school already teaching through eighth and to
staff it adequately without any increase in appropriation is a problem to
*roubJe.a financier. The Government has given a generous increase in grant,
there has been a small increase in fees and the conferences have given money
~orfifteen scholarships but· this
increase is not sufficient for our needs.
Weare at present keeping within our budget but we are doing it by opening
only one ~ectioil in classes seventh b. and ninth where two were needed, by
refl,tSing a number of applicants for scholarships and by leaving much needed
repairs undone. But all of these are ways we choose .because we must and not
because we would.
Two of our former students have set a worthy example by giving scholarships so that the others may have the opportunity that they have had.
One is paying on an endowed scholarship and the other gives a regular payment
of five rupees a month.
, In a boarding school, out-of-school hours are often busier for those in charge
and have more influence on the character of the student than school time.
Among influences that might be mentioned in this connection are the morning
prayers, discussion groups, regular services of the church, the Guide companies,
Sports Day with its emphasis on fair play, proctor duties in school and hostel,
the reading room, the current events club, and the city Sunday school. At
the ~eginning of the year when the hostel preceptress was away on account
of lllness the hostel girls were most helpful and carried out their hostel duties
in a 'most satisfactory way, It plt:ased one to see how they could rise to
responsibility when necessary.
'Ihe girls who teach in the city Sunday school have been doing a splendid
piece of work. This is carried on by a group of eighth class girls under Miss
Hutchens' supervision. Not on1y are they doing good work but they are
learning the joy of service. The Sunday morning hour is an enjoyable time
for them as well as for the more than a hundred children, who listen so quietly
and with such interest to the stories they tell.
The 18th of April, 1930 will be the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of
this school Since that day there has been growth in numbers, in classes,
jn buildings and equipment, but in ideals and character we can but hope and
pray that our girls will 'live up to the high standard set by the founder, Isabella
Thoburn.
GRACE C. DAVIS,
North India Conference,
Principal.
LANDOUR LANGUAGE SCHOOL REPORT
The 1929 session of the Landour Language School has been a good one.
This enrolment for the fi~st term was 116 ; 64 in the Hindi department and
53 ~'theUrdti. O~ this n~b7r 19 belong to the M. E. Mission, ~he largest
iiuIllber from any Slngle mISSion. Four of these were representatIves of the
General Board and fifteen, of the W. F. M. S., but only six were in attendance
the second term.
Rev. R. D:'Cornuelle was principal during both terms and Miss JobnSGll
was Supervisor of th~ Hin~ department during the same time. Mrs. Clemes
again gave fine supervision'for the first tt:rm in Urdu and Mrs. McArthur for
the second. The~e 'were ·assisted by ~ able staff of ,nine Indian instructors'.
Monday lectures as usual were given on many vital subjects throughout the
~~~
.
. Twenty stud~nts appeared for examination in tpe Urdu section at the cl~
of the'sChool the first week in September and eleven in Hindi.
.
,
In June representatives of the women's conferences in this language area
met at Dilaram, Mussoorie to make plans for carrying pn the work on a more
permanent b,asis. The conferences repre~e~ted were 'North India, North-West
India, Central Provinces, Indus JP,ver 'and Lucknow.
.
Mias M.A. Livermore was made Correspondent and a member of the
ManagIng CoIilmittee o~ the Landour Language School.
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It was recommended to buy property instead of renting as we have been
doing the.past six years, and a plan was outlined showing how this might be
done advantageously.
A small committee was appointed to negotiate and eventually a place called
" Rokeby" was selected. This is a beautiful and most conveniently situated
place and we hope to occupy it next year.
It was recommended that the Mis,>ion grant a certificate on completion of
the second and third year courses of language to such students as are not eligible
to a joint Examining Board certificate and that this rule apply to students of
recent years whO did not receive the J. E. B. certificate due to a new ruling.
A small committee was .appointed to draw up a plan for offering a reward
to those who complete the third year of language work. This committee recommends:
" That missionaries be urged to complete the third year of the Joint Examining Board course and that upon pissing the examination they re.::eive a bonus of
Rs.200."
It was suggested that the Field Reference Committee might meet the
payment of this amount either from free money or by prorating the various
accounts.
.
It was also recommended that a book be chosesn by Mrs. Clemes in consultation with the members of theLanguage School staff. in place of "Qasas-i-Hind '
in the second year.
In this connection a strong request has been made on the behalf of nurses
that a book called" Hidayat-i-Timardari " be ailowed instead of "Qasas-i- Hind."
Some other book might be preferred by those in other kind!; of work.
In the Landour Language School examination which took place the first
week of September the following from our MiSSIOn passed in the Second
division.
Miss Chase M.D; Miss Barry R. N.; Miss Bell R. N.
A. E. LAWSON.
Luckoow Conference:
Mrs. Ackerly passed, last spring, in all II Hindi in division 1.
Miss Sheldon to()k all of her II Hindi examinations, thifi fall, but the results
are not yet out.
M. TIRSGAABD.
Joint Examination Board
First Course in Hindi
1.
(Total 600 marks.)
ORAL.
Conversation with an Indian. This is the qualifying examination, Candidates failing in this will not be allowed to take the written examin.. 150 marks.
ations
Dictation.
(Of which 10 marks are for penmanship.) 1 he piece shall
(b)
be "unseen" but of the standard of Reader II. (See "II (a) below)
•. 50 marks.
(c) Reading and translation of an easy "unseen" passage of
150 words
50 marks
(d) Reading of a passage of the Gospel of St. John
•• 50 marks:
(a)
II.
WRITTEN.
Translation from Hindi into English
.. 150 marks.
( i) Central Provinces Hindi Readers, I, II and III, omitting poetry
(60).
(ii) Gospel of St. John. (50).
(iii) Bal Bharat,Part II (50).
.• 60 marks.
(b) Grammar
This will be set entirely on the matter in the books set in II (a).
Greaves' Hindi Grammar (Revised Edition) recommended for study,
especially declensions of noUJ~s and pronouns, and conjugations.
(a)
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52
Translation from English into Hindi of the standard of, but not taken
from, Dann's First Lessons in Hindi. Candidates are recommended to
practise translation from an English reader such as is used in Class V
of A. V Schools.
N.B.-Candidates should read Anstey's" The ~tudy of the Vernacular"
(e)
(C. L. S.)
Second Course in Hindi
1.
Total 8:,0 mark&.
ORAL.
(a) Conversation with an Indian.
•. 150 marks.
(b) Dictation from an "unseen" passage of the difficulty of the
texts read
50
Reading and translation of an" unseen" passage of 150
words
50
(d) Reading of a passage of Holy Scripture
50
(e) Addr~s or sermon of 10 minutes' duration
100
marks.
(c)
11.
marks.
marks
marks'
WRITTEN.
Translation of Hindi into English and paraphrasing into simple Hindi
(251k of the marks will be assigned to the latter.)
(£) Psalms, 1-40; Acts: James: 20 selected Bhajans, from Bhajan
Sangrah, Nos. 1, 2, 3,4, 6, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19,20, 21,22,
23,25,28 and 32, (50).
(ii) The Hindi version of D. L. Roy's Shahjahan, (Ganga Pustakalaya)
(50.)
(iii) Shakuntala, omitting Act II. (50)
.. 150 marks.
(b) Grammar
.. 100 marks.
Review of Grammar of Course I.
More difficult questions will be set. Kellogg's Grammar if obtainable
is recommended.
(c) Translation from English into Hindi. The candidate is recommended
to practise translating from an English reader such as is used in Class
VII of A. V. Schools.
.. 100 marks.
(d) Original Composition An essay of not fewer than 300 words on a
subject given at the time of the examination. A choice of three subjects will be allowed.
.. 100 marks.
(a)
Third Course in Hindi
(Total 800 marks)
I. ORAL.
(a)
(b)
(c)
Reading of Holy ScriptUre
Conversation with an Indian
Address or sermon of 15 minutes duration
50 marks.
150 marks.
100 marks.
U. WRITTEN.
(a) Translation from Hindi into English and paraphrasing into simple
Hindi. (25% of the marks on the set books will be allott~d to the
latter)
.• 200 marks.
(i) ,Mudra Rakhas. (50)
(ii) Ramayan. Sundar Kand entire. (50)
(iii) Shad Sarshan Darpan. (50)
( iv). ,"Unseen" passages from current newspapers and periodicals. The
candidate is recommended to read Saraswati or Madhari. (50)
(b) Grammar. Review of courses I and II, with more difficult questions,
and questions on points arising in the set b.;oks
•. 100 marks.
The elements of proRody, as far as needed for the scansion of ordinary
metre. Hooper's Hindustani Language.
'
(e) Translation from Engli~h into Hindi.
About 200 words from Pennell's "Things seen in Northern India"
(pub. Seeley,) Chaps~ II, 111, IV, V and IX only. The ~andid~te will
INTER·CONFERENCE REPORTS
(d)
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be expected to translate from any part of the book set. Marking will
be severe, since this is prepared matter.
About 200 words "unseen"
.. 100 marks.
One paper will be set
Original composition
.. 100 marks.
An essay or sermon of not less than 400 words. Subjects as in course
n.
First Course in Urdu
1.
(Total 600 marks)
ORAL.
(a)
Conversation with an Indian. This is the qualifying examination.
Candidates failing in this will not be permitted to take the written
examination.
.. 150 marks.
(b) Dictation. (Of which 10 marks are for penmanship) of the standard of
Reader III, sec. II (a) below.
.. 50 marks.
(0) Reading and translation of easy "unseen" passage of 150
words.
50 marks.
(d) Reading of a passflge from St. John's Gospel
.. 60 marks.
11
WRITTEN.
Translation from Urdu into English
.. 160 marks.
(i) United Provinces Readers for Boys' Schools for classes I, III and
IV. (50)
(ii) Gospel of St. John. (50)
(iii) Muntakhab-ul-Hikayat by Nazir Ahmad. (50)
Omitting stories 61 to the end, and hasil of each story.
(b) Grammar. Platt's Grammar recommended. especially the declensions
of nouns and pronouns, and the conjugations. The papers will be
.. 50 marks.
based on the set books. See first course in Hindi.
(0) Translation from Engli"!h into Urdu
.. 100 marks.
Of the standard of, but not taken from, Dann's Firs" Lessons in Urdu.
'The candidate is recommended to practise translating from an
English reader such as is used in Class IV of A. V. Schools.
N. B.-Candidates should read Anstey's" The Study of the Vernacula.r"
(C. L. S.)
(a)
Second Course in Urdu
. (Total 850 marks)
ORAL.
Conversation with an Indian
•• 150 marks.
Dictation from an "unseen" passage of the difficulty of the
text read
. . 50 marks.
(0) Reading and translation of an "unseen" passage of 150 words 50 marks.
(d) Reading of passage of Holy Scripture
.. 50 marks.
(e) Addre~s or sermon of 10 minutes duration
.. 100 marks
(a)
(b)
11.
WRITTEN.
Translation from Urdu into English, and paraphrasing into simple
Urdu (25% of the marks assigned to the latter)
.. 150 marks.
(i) Acts, Ephesians Story of Joseph from revised Genesis, 1922
edition. (50.)
(ii) Mirat-ul-Urus
(recommended for women) or Safina.i-Urdu
(recommended for men) . (50).
(iii) Qasas-i-Hind, Part II. (50).
(b) Grammar. Platt's Grammar, the whole
.. 100 marks.
(0) Translation from English into Urdu. Kempson, ParIs I and II. (Of
this standard, but not taken from thiS.) The candidate is recommended to practise translating from an English reader such as is
100 marks.
used in class VII of A. V. Schools.
(d) Original Composition, as in Second Hindi course
.. 100 marks,
(a)
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Third Course in U~du
I.
(Total 850 marks.)
ORAL.
(a) Reading of Holy Scripture
(b) Shikast, a letter of ordinary diffic lllty
..
date.
Books recommended:-Insha-i-Khatt-i-Shikast,
Karawai.
Majmua-i-Kagazat-i50 marks.
150 marks.
100 marks.
(c) Conver~ation with an Indian
(d) Address or sermon of 15 minute~' duration
II.
50 marks.
to be read" at sight by the candi-
WRITTEN.
(a) Translation from Urdu into EngUsh, and paraphrasing into simple Urdu
(245% of the marks on the set books to be assigned to this).
(i) Taubat-un-Nusuh, Chaps. 1-VUI of the story (50).
(ii) Mizan-ul-Haqq, (edition of 1923) (50).
.
(iii) Ab-i-Hayat, p.p. 6·36, general: p.p. 343-378. Shaikh Imam Bakhsh.
Nasikh; p.p. 420-435, Momin Khan Sahib, Momin; p.p. 500-536, Asad
Asad Ullah Khan, Galib, omitting the small-print notes in each case (50).
(ii) "Unseen" passages from current periodicals or newspapers;
Mashriq or Riyasat is recommended. (50).
.• 200 marks.
(b) Grammar. As in Platt's Grammar Kempson's Syntax and Idioms, and
as in Third Hindi Course.
.. 100 marks.
(e) Translation from English into Urdu. As in third Hindi course, Kempson
part III, is recommended.
.. 100 marks.
(d) Original Composition. An essay or ~ermon of not less than 400 words,
subjects as in Course II
.. 100 marks.
List of Text Books
I Hindi
O. T. and N. T. Scriptures, the Rev. Verso of 1926
C. P. Hindi Readers, l. II, III. As. 11
Greaves' Grammar of Modern Hindi (new edition).
Rs.6/8/
Bal Bharat, part II. As. 10
Dann's First Leesons in Hindi, Re.l!*Bhajan Sangrah
Kellogg's Hindi Grammar (if available)
Mudra Rakshas. As. 6
Ramayan(Ramcharitrmanasa Edition Rs. 2/-)
Shad Darshan Darpan As. 8
Hooper's Hindustani Language
Saraswati
Madburi and Shahjahan
..
B. and F. Bible Society,
Jubbulpore
Educational Book Depot.
N. I Tract Soc., Allahabad.
Indian Press, Allahabad.
N. I. Tract. Soc., Allahabad.
[bad.
N. I. Tract Soc., AnahaN. 1. Tract. Soc., Allahabad.
Kbarag Vilas
Press,
Bankipur, Patna
Indian Press, Allahabad. t
N. I. Tract. Soc., Allahabad.
Christian Lit. Society,
Madras.
Indian Press, Allahabad.
Ganga Pustakalaya,
Aminabad Park, Lucknow.
11 Urdu
O. T. and N. T. Scriptures (Rev. verp)
Gen"esis (Revision of 1922) published separately
*NttW edition as revised by Dr. Russell.
B. and F. Bible Society.
B. arid F. Bible Society.
tSu,nder Krmd cnn be obtained from the Indian' Pre8~ 8epara,tely for 6 as.
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u. P.
Readers (for Vernacular Boys' School) for
Classes I, III and IV.
Newal Kishore Press
Lucknow.
Insha-i-Khatt-Shikast
Imperi~I Bo~k D~pot,
Muntakhab-ul·Hikayat, 8 As.
Chandni Chauk, Delhi.
Cummings' Urdu by the Direct Method
Punjab ReI. Book Society,
Lahore.
Dano's First Lessons in Urdu, Rs. 1/8. to MissionBaptist Mission Press,
aries
Calcutta.
Platt's Hindustani Grammar, Rs. 11/12
N. I. Tract. Soc., Allahbad.
Satina-i-Urdu,8 as.
Newal Kishore Press
Lucknow.
'
Imperial Book Depot,
Mirat-ul·Urus, Re.1
Delhi.
Qasas-i-Hind 2nd Pt., 8 as.
Siddiq Book Depot, Aminabad, Lucknow.
Kempson's Syntax and Idioms of Hindustani, Rs. 7 N. I. Tract Society, Allahabad.
Majmua-i-Kagazat-i-Karrawai
Bhargava Book, Depot,
Aminabad, Lucknow.
Mizan-ul-Haqq (Edition 1923)
Punjab ReI. Bk. Society,
Lahore.
Taubat-un-Nusllh (Author's Ed. with Author's own
notes) 7 as.
Imperial
Book Depot.
Chandni Chauk, Delhi.
Ab-i-Hayat, Rs.3
An Nazir Press, near
Chauk, Lucknow.
Hooper's Hindustani Language
Christian
Lit.
Soc.,
Madras.
"Mashriq"
Editor
of
Mashriq,
Gorakhpur, U. P.
"Rivasat"
Editor of Riyasat, Delhi.
Thiiigs Seen in Northern India
N. I. Tract Society,
Allahabad
N. B.-All these text books can be ordered from the N.1. India Tract Society
Allahabad. (Anyone wishing to take these examinations should apply t~
the Joint Examining Board for the rules.
MARY WILSON SANATORIUM, TILAUNIA
Mary Wilson sanatorium has had another year filled with many blessings.
Weare grateful for the help given to us by friends in India and abroad. One
great help we wish to especially mention. In August Bishop Badley very kindly
in recognition of our need, loaned us tirst Dr. Wood of Punta mba and later Dr:
Dodd of Sironcha to the Sanatorium. This was a great help in arranging for a
vacation for the doct-or-in-charge, Weare grateful, too, not only to the two
doctors who so kindly left their own work to come to our assistance but to those
who in turn carried extra burdens in their stations during their absence. We
be heve that such interest and co-operation is desirable in every phase of our
mission work.
Sta ff:-Our trained Indian staff is still small in numbers. What we have is
good, and are doing faithful work. We have so far been disappointed in securin~
an Indian doctor. Unfortunately our people yet fear to work among tuberculosis
patients. Only devotion to one's own peoples' needs and education will change
this.
Miss Laura E. Bell, R. N. arrived early this year. While most of her time
has been in language.schoo11 she has alreadly become so newhat familiar with
conditions at the Sanatorium. She had much of her training at Beth EI, our
Methodist Sanatorium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
..,
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Miss Dunn has been with us as nursing superintendent, and has filled a b~g
gap in our medical staff.
At the end of this year Miss Matthew goes on furlough. We are glad that
Miss Jean Bothwell is here to take Over the office work from her.
Nurses Training School:- We have three non-tuberculous first year p'lpil
nurses, the first after a lapse of several years. They are allowed by the North
India Board of Nurses Training to have half of their training at the Sanatorium.
Some stress iis being laid upon the preparation of nurses for school nursing.
As Miss Fernstrom has visited varIOUS schools, she has found much room for
improving the condit~ons under which the school nurse works. The missionary
and the nurse both need help in adju::;ting their relations to one anoth:>r. And
the nurse finds berself confronted with conditions she never met, naturally, in a
hospital.
.
To give the nurse preparation for school nursing, this fall, Clara Swain
Hospital has begun sendmg nurses by turn from their second and third year
classes to Mary Wilson Sanatorium for a period of three months. In our noninfectious compound ordinary E7chool hostel conditions prevail. Here these nurses
will learn the duties of a school nurse. We hope to instil the "health" idea
there. They also will have special training in nursing tuberculosis cases and
will receive lectures on this disease from a health standpoint.
Tuberculosis Clinic:-Last January a tuberculosis clinic was opened in
Ajmer. This clinic is open each Friday morning in the Civil Surgeon's office of
the old District Hospital. Dr. Taylor and his assi··tants have carried this work
in the main, but the cases coming are largely women sO'we are very anxious to
have a larger part in it.
Sanatorium Board of Directors:-Considering that the meeting of this
board was held during Passion Week we had a goood attendance. We find this
bringing together of representatives from the various conferences pays well as a
means of publicity, and also brings added support and co-operation.
Sanatoriu.m Work:-We have had nothing new regarding our medical work.
We had an unusual number of bone and gland cases to whom sunlight treatment
was administered.
Church Work:--For the first time, I believe, in the history of our Tilaunia
Church, all the officers of the various organizations are Indian people.
Health Department:-Here we had a handicap of ill hea.lth for part of the
year, but even so we are able to report:
12
Schools visited in the interest of Modern Health Crusade ..
6
No. of schools in which physical examinations were made
•• 780
Total exammations made in these school s
Dr. Kipp checked up on underweights and other questionable ~ases in four
of these schools, besides checking up, by the request of Dr. Toussamt, a number
of cases at Muttra.
Lectures were given before one Senior Teachers' Conference, two Annnal
Conferences, one Provincial Educational Conference, and also before the meeting
of the All-India Christian Medical Association.
Lectures and demonstrations were made at one district conference.
The translation of the fifth and sixth class outlines is now being executed.
The mission schools are showing great interest in the Modern Health Crusade.
Many requests have come from other missions, and from some inspectresses of
schools, Government, both in regard to the health examination and the health
course of study.
Methodist Publishing House, Lucknow.

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